In an operation led by special forces of the Mexican Navy-Navy Secretariat (Semar) on Saturday, Héctor Elías Flores Aceves was arrested, The 15 either the pantherconsidered the head of the Sinaloa cartel for Cancun.
Flores Aceves is related to the acts of violence that occurred on May 6, 2022 against bars near the hotel zone of Cancun, Quintana Roo, with a balance of four people dead.
Federal Government intelligence data indicates that he is considered “the main generator of violence in the state of Quintana Roo, leading groups that commit homicides, kidnappings, and extortion.”
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Authorities said he was located in a medical clinic in Guamúchil, where he was detained without a shot being fired.
On April 3, the Quintana Roo Prosecutor’s Office announced that a reward of 1 million pesos was being offered to find his whereabouts.
Considered the largest and most powerful drug trafficking organization in the Western Hemisphere, the Sinaloa cartel is an alliance of some of Mexico’s biggest drug lords. Its members operate together to protect themselves.
The cartel has connections at the highest levels of the federal police and the military, and bribes members of both institutions to maintain an advantage over their rivals.
Mexican authorities have been persecuting Flores for years. His arrest is a severe blow to organized crime and drug trafficking in the region.
