Overview
- Iván “N,” alias “El Cromo,” was detained in Guadalajara, Jalisco, federal officials announced Wednesday after an intelligence operation led by the navy and national agencies.
- The SSPC's head Omar García Harfuch says the suspect is identified as a leader of Los Cromos, a cell authorities link to the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación that is active mainly in Oaxaca.
- Officials say the detainee faces at least three arrest warrants for qualified homicide, including two documented orders tied to three victims and a third order from 2020.
- Authorities list alleged group crimes as homicide, extortion and cobro de piso, kidnapping, and drug and weapons trafficking, and they are investigating ties to the killing of a four-year-old in Juchitán.
- The arrest follows a prior two-million-peso reward for information and is expected to trigger follow-up legal proceedings, intelligence work and additional operations to identify other members and local links.