Iván ‘El Cromo’ arrested in Jalisco
Original reporting: Noticias PV
What happened
Noticias PV, citing the Navy and SSPC, reported the arrest of Iván N, alias El Cromo, in Jalisco without shots fired. Authorities identify him as an alleged Los Cromos leader in Oaxaca’s Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
Reporting and context
Mexican federal forces arrested Iván “N,” known as “El Cromo,” in Jalisco after tracking him from Oaxaca and Chiapas, according to Noticias PV, citing the Navy and the Security and Citizen Protection Ministry. Authorities describe him as the alleged leader of a criminal cell operating in Oaxaca’s Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
Noticias PV reported that Navy and ministry personnel carried out the arrest with participation from the Financial Intelligence Unit and the federal Attorney General’s Office. The source said intelligence analysis and surveillance led officers to his location and that no shots were fired during the operation.
Authorities attribute extortion, street-level drug sales, homicide and kidnapping to the cell known as Los Cromos. The report identifies its operating areas as Juchitán de Zaragoza, Salina Cruz, Santo Domingo Tehuantepec, Ciudad Ixtepec and Matías Romero in Oaxaca.
The arrest followed investigations begun in 2025 under Operation Sable. According to the report, that broader effort has produced more than 250 arrests of operational leaders and financial operators, including the earlier arrest of a former municipal president of Juchitán de Zaragoza whom authorities linked to the same organization. That figure covers the wider investigation, rather than the single arrest in Jalisco.
Original report from Noticias PV