Mexican authorities fell to Brayan, aka ‘El puppy’, and arrested Ataulfo López Flores, ‘El Ratero’, heads of criminal groups operating in Chiapas, state of the border with Guatemala, As revealed on Tuesday, April 22, the Secretary of Security, Omar García Harfuch.
In a first operation in the municipality of Villa Corzo, in Chiapas, Brayan and another alleged offender died in a confrontation that left three wounded state police, described the head of the Ministry of Citizen Security and Protection (SSPC) at the daily conference of the National Palace of Mexico.
“Local authorities were assaulted by firearm shots by armed civilians, where they secured a long weapon, two short weapons, a truck and a motorcycle,” said the official.
In the second operation, in the municipality of Cintalapa, in Chiapas, the authorities They arrested three people, including López Flores, “Head of the Plaza of a criminal organization with presence in Chiapas and Guatemala, Long weapons, short weapons and diverse doses of drugs were secured, ”he said.
The joint action was carried out by the Federal Security Cabinet, the SSPC, and the Attorney General of the State of Chiapas.
The arrests occur while the southern border of Mexico faces a wave of violence, with thousands of displaced people, especially indigenous people, for the disputes of the Sinaloa posterof the Jalisco Nueva Generación and the poster of Chiapas and Guatemala, for the control of drug trafficking, people and extortion.
Since the beginning of the presidency of Claudia Sheinbaum, on October 1, 2024, the Mexican authorities have arrested 18,712 people for high -impact crimes and have confiscated 144 tons of drugs, including more than two 2 million fentanyl pills, according to García Harfuch reported. EFE