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2 clusters · 42 sources · 11 days · First seen 22 days ago · Last updated 12 days ago

Mexican authorities target Los Mezcales leadership

Overview

In August 2026, Mexican authorities conducted a joint operation involving the Mexican Navy (Semar) and the Oaxaca State Attorney General's Office (FGEO) to detain Carlos Miguel Mercado Meraz, known by aliases such as ‘El Abulón’, ‘El Coco’, and ‘León’.

Mercado Meraz is identified as the second-in-command of the criminal organization ‘Los Mezcales’, also known as the ‘Cártel Independiente de Colima’. The arrest took place in a private residential complex in the Ejido Guadalupe Victoria area, north of Oaxaca City. Intelligence reports link Mercado Meraz to homicides, extortion, and drug trafficking in the state of Colima, where his group is involved in territorial disputes with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).

Entities

Oaxaca · Fiscalía General del Estado de Oaxaca · La Paz · Baja California Sur · Los Caballeros Templarios

Timeline

12 days ago

[CRIME] 27 sources
Oaxaca authorities arrest suspect in violent cell phone store robbery
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22 days ago

[CRIME] 19 sources
Oaxaca authorities detain ‘El Abulón’, second-in-command of Los Mezcales
Authorities in Oaxaca detained Carlos Miguel Mercado Meraz, alias ‘El Abulón’, identified as the second-in-command of the ‘Los Mezcales’ criminal group linked to violence in Colima.

Sources

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