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Mexico’s cartel crackdown hits top ranks – but will it fuel Jalisco violence?

Arrest of potential next leader found hiding in drainage pipe highlights renewed tactics – and fears of cartel infighting

The golden coffin of “El Mencho”, the late leader of the Jalisco New Generation cartel (CJNG), had barely been lowered into the ground when the Mexican military dealt a second blow to the very top of the organisation this week.

As special forces descended on a ranch in the state of Nayarit, grainy drone footage showed El Mencho’s possible successor, Audias Flores, alias “El Jardinero”, being hauled from a drainage pipe he had tried to hide in, all without a shot being fired.

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Apr 30, 2026 Mexico Drugs Claudia Sheinbaum

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