Overview

• A District Judge in Estado de México linked Alejandro Gilmare Mendoza Díaz and Luis Alberto Cadena Roque to criminal proceedings for organized crime tied to kidnapping, including express kidnapping for Cadena Roque.
• Both detainees were ordered into pretrial detention at CEFERESO No. 1 Altiplano as the court set a five‑month complementary investigation period.
• Prosecutors say the case began with an anonymous tip about a group involved in kidnappings, extortion and large‑scale drug sales in Ecatepec using firearms.
• Authorities are examining possible ties between La Chokiza and the group calling itself Montachoques del Negro Billetes; David N, known as Negro Billetes, remains sought, while his brother Luis C and mother Claudia N were reported detained.
• Recent multiagency raids produced 13 arrests, 72 properties secured and seizures of weapons, drugs and vehicles, including the arrests of Juana Ivette Ledezma Martínez, a local public prosecutor identified as El Choko’s partner, and Diana Laura Ledezma Martínez.