14 alleged Los Mayos cell members arrested in Chiapas
Original reporting: Ríodoce Narcotráfico
What happened
Authorities reported 14 arrests in Benemérito de las Américas, including two alleged regional leaders, and seized 12 long guns, 97 magazines and 882 rounds.
Reporting and context
Federal forces arrested 14 suspected members of a cell allegedly linked to the Sinaloa Cartel’s Los Mayos faction in Benemérito de las Américas, Chiapas, according to Ríodoce, citing La Jornada.
The federal Security Cabinet reported on November 11 that two of those detained were alleged regional leaders of the organization. Three of the arrested people are Guatemalan nationals. The source does not identify the suspects by name.
The arrests took place on Tuesday, November 10, after Mexican Army and National Guard personnel conducting preventive patrols encountered a group of armed men on a dirt road in the Bellavista neighborhood.
Ríodoce reported that authorities seized 12 long guns, 97 ammunition magazines, 882 rounds of ammunition and 17 tactical vests fitted with ballistic plates during the operation. Those figures describe this single seizure, rather than a cumulative regional total.
Personnel from the federal Security and Citizen Protection Secretariat, the Navy and the federal Attorney General’s Office also participated, alongside state police and the Pakal Immediate Reaction Force.
The alleged regional leadership roles and Los Mayos connection come from the authorities’ account relayed in the report. The source describes an arrest operation and does not provide a subsequent court ruling or identify individual charges.
Original reporting: Ríodoce.