El Fénix arrested in Guadalajara raid
Original reporting: ZETA Tijuana
What happened
ZETA reports that Fernando Omar N was arrested in the operation that also captured El R2; sources give conflicting arrest totals.
Reporting and context
Mexican Navy personnel arrested Fernando Omar “N,” known as “El Fénix” or “El Prángana,” during the November 8 operation that also captured Rafael “N,” alias “El R2,” at a restaurant on the Guadalajara–Zapopan border, according to ZETA Tijuana.
Authorities identify Fernando Omar as an alleged regional leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel in Uruapan, Michoacán. Federal investigators link him to extortion of avocado businesses, restaurants and bars, as well as kidnappings and disappearances in Uruapan and Apatzingán, the outlet reported.
ZETA Tijuana reported that federal security sources told La Jornada he had previously been arrested in 2016 and held in federal prisons in Guasave, Sinaloa, and Hermosillo, Sonora. The account does not specify the outcome of that earlier case.
The November 8 raid took place at a restaurant in the Circunvalación Vallarta neighborhood. Rafael was wounded in a gunfight and taken to Hospital Civil Fray Antonio Alcalde in Guadalajara, where he underwent surgery and remained under federal guard. A Navy member was also wounded.
Federal authorities attributed the operation to intelligence from Mexico’s National Intelligence Center, with information from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and Michoacán prosecutors, coordinated with the federal Security and Citizen Protection Secretariat.
Arrest totals remain inconsistent in the source account. ZETA cited N+ as reporting a total of 20 and La Jornada as reporting 21, including an Argentine citizen and a U.S. citizen whose possible links to the organization were still being investigated. The N+ breakdown reproduced in the article does not reconcile with its stated total.
Authorities link Rafael’s alleged cell, Los Rs, to the November 2025 killing of Uruapan Mayor Carlos Manzo. That allegation concerns the cell; the report does not establish Fernando Omar’s individual involvement in the killing.
Four members of the norteño band Los Arras and a staff member were among those reportedly detained. Relatives seeking information at the federal prosecutor’s office said the musicians had gone to work and that their manager handled bookings. Authorities anticipated transferring detainees to the federal prison in Puente Grande as the investigation continued.
Original publication: https://zetatijuana.com/2026/11/semar-detiene-en-guadalajara-a-el-fenix-presunto-lider-del-cjng-en-uruapan-michoacan