Howard arrested in Naucalpan on criminal association warrant
Original reporting: El Diario de Chihuahua
What happened
Investigative police arrested Howard “N”, an alleged Unión Tepito leader, in Naucalpan under a criminal association warrant. The prosecutor’s office said he was transferred to an unidentified prison.
Reporting and context
Howard “N”, an alleged Unión Tepito leader also known as “El Howard” or “El Jaguar”, was arrested in Naucalpan under a warrant for criminal association, according to El Diario de Chihuahua.
Investigative police located him after reviewing footage from Mexico City’s C5 surveillance system, identifying the vehicles he used and carrying out surveillance. Officers then deployed an operation in Naucalpan to execute the warrant.
El Diario de Chihuahua reported that Howard is considered one of the main collaborators of José Mauricio “N”, known as “El Tomate”, whom the report identifies as a leader of the organization. Howard’s reported operating area covered five Mexico City boroughs: Iztapalapa, Benito Juárez, Miguel Hidalgo, Venustiano Carranza and Cuauhtémoc, including the Historic Center and Zona Rosa in the latter.
The report also links Howard to homicide, extortion, firearms possession and organized crime. The arrest warrant described in the article, however, concerns criminal association.
The prosecutor’s office said Howard was transferred to a prison and placed at the disposal of the relevant judicial authority. It did not identify the prison.
Original reporting: El Diario de Chihuahua.