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Mexico crackdown on Sinaloa Cartel Mayiza faction

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2026-07-27 06:31 UTC → 2026-07-28 19:51 UTC · added removed

In early July 2026, state security forces in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexicali seized two properties linked to a Sinaloa Cartel faction. The raids uncovered a house used for small‑scale drug dealing, a stolen Jeep, long guns, ballistic vests and psychotropic substances, and led tied to the arrest La Mayiza wing of the Sinaloa Cartel, arresting former municipal police officer Juan Israel “N,” who was tied to the La Mayiza faction operating under the group known as Los Rusos. “N” and confiscating weapons, vests and psychotropic substances. Later in July, that month, a coordinated joint operation by Mexico’s the Secretariat of Security and Civil Protection, Security, the Navy and the Federal Prosecutor’s Office federal prosecutors captured Fernando N., known as “Cebollo,” “Cebollo”, a senior La Mayiza operative, in Manzanillo, Colima. He was identified as an operative for the same Mayiza faction. Authorities seized plastic bags of methamphetamine, Colima, finding meth‑amphetamine, a long gun, a pistol, a revolver and ammunition. Both incidents illustrate an expanding, multi‑regional effort by Mexican On 27 July, Mexico widened the campaign, detaining additional high‑profile criminals across several states. In Guanajuato and Michoacán, Carlos Giovanni “El Ojón”, a Jalisco New Generation cartel leader, was seized along with weapons and drugs. In Colima, authorities again arrested Fernando “Cebollo”, confirming his role in the Mayiza faction and seizing further meth‑amphetamine and firearms. The crackdown also netted a suspected Los Chapitos leader (“El Tío”) and an alleged homicides suspect, E.T.L. “El Tello”, in Oaxaca. In Tijuana, the state prosecutor linked Juan “N” to a failed homicide and placed him in detention after a prolonged investigation. These coordinated multi‑agency actions illustrate Mexico’s intensified, intelligence‑driven strategy to dismantle the Mayiza wing of the Sinaloa Cartel and seize its drug‑related assets. while simultaneously striking other major cartel networks.

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  1. 2026-07-28 19:51 UTC Mexico crackdown on Sinaloa Cartel Mayiza faction
  2. 2026-07-27 06:31 UTC Mexico crackdown on Sinaloa Cartel Mayiza faction

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