Mexican authorities arrested Salu Francisco Hernández Tenorio, aka ‘Ponchis’, leader of the Los Hunters criminal group, linked to The Chapitos and One of the 10 objectives of the Office of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) from the USA, country security sources reported Wednesday.
Hernández Tenorio was captured together with Rodolfo Valdez Portillo, aka ‘cachuchas’, related to the same criminal cell, and according to the sources, Both were main generators of violence in The northern state of Sonora.
According to the information, The detainee was a leader related to the faction of the Chapitos of the Sinaloa or the Pacific poster, that the current United States government declared as a terrorist group.
Hernández Tenorio is one of the 10 objectives associated with transnational organizations of the CBP and the US National Security Research Department (HSI), For the crimes of trafficking of persons, narcotics and homicides, the sources detailed.
Due to the impact he had on violence in the region, the Attorney General of Sonora offered a reward of 500 thousand Mexican pesos (some US $ 24,800) for information that will lead to your capture, “And they related it to crimes as qualified homicide and criminal association“, According to the information provided.
🚨 Important achievement for Sonora’s security 🚨
Thanks to a coordinated operation between the Mexican Army, the National Guard and the AMIC, with the support of military intelligence from Mexico City, the capture of Salu Francisco “N”, aka “El Ponchis” or… was achieved or… pic.twitter.com/xj4gnwofm5
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