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The Mexican press said that Figueroa Benítez was a member of the faction of the children of the “Chapo” Guzmán.
Jorge Humberto Figueroa was considered an important member of the criminal organization. Free Press Photo: Iván Medina/AFP.
A leader of Sinaloa cartelfor whom the American anti -drug agency (DEA) offered a million dollars, died Friday in a confrontation with the Mexican Armyauthorities reported this Saturday.
The state of Sinaloa He has been shaken by a war between two factions of that criminal organization, one of the most powerful in Mexico, which has left about 1,200 dead since September last year.
Jorge Humberto Figueroa, aka “The dog“O” 27 “was killed during an operation of federal forces for his arrest, the Secretary of Public Security, Omar García Harfuch said in the social network.
Harfuch added that Figueroa was “one of the main orchestrars of aggressions to the authorities in 2019 in Culiacán.”
He referred to the so -called “Culiacanzo” of October 17, 2019, when members of the Sinaloa Cartel faced security forces after an operational failed to stop Ovidio Guzmán, son of the co -founder of the Sinaloa Cartel Joaquín “Chapo” Guzmán, and currently imprisoned in the United States.
Ovid was released by the Mexican authorities after that operation with the argument that it was sought to avoid more violence, although he was finally arrested in 2023 and extradited to the United States.
The Mexican press said that Figueroa Benítez was a member of the faction of the children of the “Chapo” Guzmán, who is confronted with the heirs of Ismael “May” Zambada, also imprisoned in the United States.
The newspaper Reforma said that Figueroa Benítez was “head of security” of the faction of the children of the “Chapo”, known as “Los Chapitos”.