Overview

• Mexico’s security cabinet deployed Navy, Army, SSPC, FGR and National Guard personnel in two coordinated operations in the Jesús María and Carboneras areas of Culiacán municipality.
• Filiberto Hernández Monzón, 37, was detained during federal patrols and identified as a suspected member of a Los Chapitos cell.
• Authorities seized three long guns, 1,770 cartridges, 37 magazines and packages containing marijuana and cocaine.
• Four artisan‑armored vehicles were secured, including an apocryphal unit painted to resemble a Mexican Army vehicle.
• Officials reported recovering 42 improvised explosive devices, radios, ballistic vests, helmets and tactical gear, and said the detainee was placed in the custody of the Federal Public Ministry.