García Harfuch urges inquiry into alleged Olán–CJNG recordings
Original reporting: El Imparcial
What happened
El Imparcial reports that García Harfuch said federal authorities can locate Jorge Amílcar Olán Aparicio and that the FGR must clarify recordings allegedly linking him to the CJNG. He also discussed cocaine seizures and reinforcements in Mazatlán.
Reporting and context
Mexico’s security secretary, Omar García Harfuch, said the federal government can locate businessman Jorge Amílcar Olán Aparicio and that federal prosecutors must clarify recordings allegedly linking him to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), according to El Imparcial. He did not disclose Olán’s whereabouts.
El Imparcial reported, citing La Jornada, that García Harfuch addressed the case after a private meeting lasting nearly four hours with the Senate’s Political Coordination Board. The outlet described Olán as an alleged business associate of Andrés Manuel López Beltrán, a son of former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
The recordings reportedly came to authorities’ attention after the arrest of Iván Cazarín Molina, known as “El Tanque,” whom the article identifies as an alleged regional CJNG leader operating in Tabasco, Veracruz, Puebla and Oaxaca. According to the account of García Harfuch’s remarks, the recordings allegedly capture Amílcar asking his brother Luis Alberto to associate with the criminal group. García Harfuch said those leads should be incorporated into the investigation and clarified by the Attorney General’s Office (FGR).
Separately, the secretary denied that Mexico has an agreement allowing U.S. forces to attack suspected drug-trafficking vessels in Mexican waters. He described bilateral cooperation as information sharing and coordinated maritime surveillance, citing an operation involving the U.S. Coast Guard and Mexico’s Navy.
García Harfuch said the Navy had seized more than 90 metric tons of cocaine during President Claudia Sheinbaum’s administration. He also cited a recent seizure of 1.2 metric tons off Michoacán’s coast.
On Sinaloa, he acknowledged continuing homicides and other violence and gave no timetable for restoring peace. He said a rise in violence in Mazatlán during the 45 days before his appearance prompted Sheinbaum to order additional federal personnel, with arrests and increased patrols among the measures taken.
Original report: El Imparcial