Gustavo Castillo
La Jornada Newspaper
Wednesday, December 24, 2025, p. 9
Federal authorities arrested Mario Alfredo Lindoro Navidad in Zapopan, Jalisco, On the 7th, and Mario Lindoro Elenes, The Child, brother-in-law and father-in-law of Iván Archivaldo Guzmán, leader of one of the factions of the Sinaloa cartel, who were its financial operators.
The security cabinet reported that elements of the Secretariats of Security and Citizen Protection (SSCP) and National Defense, as well as the Attorney General’s Office (FGR), searched two homes where they detained Alfredo Lindoro Navidad, 44, and Mario Lindoro Elenes, 69.
They seized seven bags of drugs, four short firearms, cartridges, chargers, two trucks, a high-end vehicle, a motorcycle, telephone equipment and cash.
Both are considered important operators of the criminal group headed by Joaquín’s eldest son. El Chapo Guzmán, known as Los Chapitos either La Chapiza, who dispute control of the Sinaloa cartel with Ismael Zambada Sicairos, son of Ismael Zambada García, The May, former partner of El Chapo.
Meanwhile, in another operation carried out in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, in which in addition to the aforementioned institutions, Navy personnel also participated, Carlos Gabriel Reynoso García was arrested. The Chicken, criminal cell leader The Jordans, and Jesús Arturo Dávalos Valenzuela, linked to Los Chapitos.
The two were captured in the Los Caracoles neighborhood, after being identified when they were traveling aboard a vehicle in the company of another person, federal authorities said.
The officers stopped and upon carrying out a security check they found two firearms, 51 useful cartridges, a bag with marijuana and radio communication and telephone equipment.
