Iván Evair Saldaña and César Arellano
La Jornada newspaper
Tuesday, August 12, 2025, p. 15
In Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Federal Security elements arrested four alleged members of the criminal group Avendaño Special Forces, armed faction arm The Mayos of the Sinaloa cartel.
According to authorities, among the detainees is Jesús Miguel Avendaño Jiménez or Rosendo Avendaño, 38, Chendo I 16, considered one of the main logistics-operative leaders of said arm and subordinate of Juan Avendaño, Old older I 14. Jayson Ariel Tapia Cárdenas, 28, were also apprehended, Skinny Avendaño; José Antonio García Rodríguez, 48, and José Vizcarra Cervantes, 40.
The Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection explained that, in follow -up to various lines of research, military and security agents obtained information on the mobility zone of two members of a criminal group, so they moved to the Loma Dorada neighborhood, in Los Mochis.
There they located two high -end vehicles with armed men, who, when they marked the high they tried to flee and began a persecution that concluded on the Culiacán – Los Mochis road, at the height of the kilometer 201. In the revision four long weapons were seized, a cinnamon ribbon package with cocaine, cartridges, loaders and two vehicles, one with the robbery report.
According to research, Avendaño Special Forces They are a group of violence involved in the elaboration and transfer of drugs, money laundering and homicides of members of rival organizations.
The Secretariats of National Defense, Marine, Security and Citizen Protection, the Attorney General’s Office and the National Guard participated in the operation.
