Navy arrests alleged CJNG leader Raptor

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Mexican Navy personnel arrested Giancarlo “N”, known as “Raptor” or “Lucifer”, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, on an outstanding warrant for attempted aggravated homicide, according to Tribuna Sonora's account of official information.

Authorities described him as an alleged regional operational leader of a criminal group active in Jalisco and Colima. The Navy said intelligence work led to his arrest without shots being fired. Federal investigators, federal and Colima security authorities and Tlaquepaque police also participated.

Tribuna Sonora reported that federal authorities had identified Giancarlo as a leader of a Jalisco New Generation Cartel structure in Manzanillo since November 2025. It said Francisco “N”, alias “Chacalo”, operated that cell. Authorities linked the network to killings and dismemberment in Manzanillo and Villa de Álvarez, as well as surveillance for criminal groups, extortion and synthetic-drug sales.

The report placed the arrest in the context of earlier operations in Colima. On November 12, 2025, Navy personnel arrested Yajaira Berenice Sánchez Castellanos, known as “La China”, who authorities alleged controlled the top floor of building 16 in the CROM housing complex in Santiago, Manzanillo.

Intelligence reports described that location as an operations base where victims were held and killed. The following day, authorities arrested Jaime Tonatiuh Mendoza Fregoso, alias “El Pilas” or “X7”, then 26, and reported seizing 68 doses of methamphetamine in Lomas del Mar. Two alleged safe houses were also identified during those operations.

The source cites federal investigations describing a dispute between the CJNG and Los Mezcales, a group that split from it, over Manzanillo, drug routes and extortion.

Original reporting: Tribuna Sonora.