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Zacatecas Operation Rastrillo arrests confirmed

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Zacatecas Operation Rastrillo crackdown arrests confirmed

The July 2026 crackdown in Zacatecas continued with Operation Rastrillo targeting Rastrillo, a coordinated effort by the criminal network linked to state government, the 18 July multihomicide that killed ten local businessmen. Authorities Coca, Bravo and Alpha helicopter groups, the Mexican Army and the National Guard. Seventeen raids were carried out 17 raids across the Sierra de Chalchihuites, Sombrerete and nearby surrounding municipalities, including 12 twelve in security‑guarded homes. The operation raids resulted in the detention of 14 fourteen individuals, seven of whom are classified as high‑relevance suspects (three from Durango, three from Sinaloa and one from Zacatecas). An armed civilian was killed during the raids. Seized items comprised long Zacatecas, and short firearms, the death of an armed civilian. Investigators seized a large cache of weapons, ammunition, a tactical vest, an explosive device, methamphetamine doses, money‑counting equipment and methamphetamine, cash‑handling equipment, several vehicles. Investigators vehicles and over thirty‑six electronic devices, and intercepted more than 20 twenty telephone lines and produced over 105 forensic reports. Eight of the homicide victims had been lured to meetings under false pretences. The effort was coordinated by the Zacatecas state government in partnership with the Coca, Bravo and Alpha groups, three helicopters, the Mexican Army and the National Guard. On 30 July, state lines. State officials publicly confirmed the operation’s outcomes, reaffirming the 14 arrests, the civilian death, and the extensive cache of weapons, explosives, drugs and cash‑handling equipment, underscoring a sustained, multilateral push to dismantle arrests on 30 July, reiterating the organized‑crime network and curb drug trafficking seizure details and gender‑based violence in noting that the region. The Zacatecas Immediate Reaction Force (FRIZ) repelled three armed attacks during the operation. The multihomicide on crackdown follows the 18 July multihomicide that left ten victims, businessmen dead, five of whom were found them hanged from a bridge in the municipalities of Pánuco, Morelos and Saín Alto. Alto, underscoring a sustained, multilateral push to dismantle the organized‑crime network and curb drug trafficking and gender‑based violence in the region.

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  1. 2026-08-01 09:34 UTC Zacatecas Operation Rastrillo arrests confirmed
  2. 2026-08-01 04:12 UTC Zacatecas Operation Rastrillo crackdown
  3. 2026-08-01 02:23 UTC Zacatecas Operation Rastrillo crackdown
  4. 2026-07-31 23:47 UTC Zacatecas Operation Rastrillo crackdown
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