Overview
- Investigators from the FGJCDMX and SSC apprehended Sergio Iván “N” (alias El M24, “El Monstruo de la Unión”) on January 12 at a residence in Tlalnepantla, Estado de México.
- The detention executed a January 7 apprehension order for aggravated criminal association following analysis of Mexico City’s C5 surveillance network.
- Officials identify him as the presumed leader of Los Orejones and a close collaborator of Óscar Andrés “N” (“El Lunares”), with local reports saying he works with figures known as “El Cabezón” and “El Tuna.”
- Authorities link the cell to homicide, extortion, cobro de piso, and drug distribution focused in Nueva Atzacoalco and Vasco de Quiroga in the Gustavo A. Madero borough.
- He was transferred to the Reclusorio Preventivo Varonil Oriente to appear before a judge, after a 2024 detention that ended in release for lack of sufficient evidence, according to press accounts.