Overview
- Federal and state forces carried out 38 simultaneous raids on Thursday, November 5, 2026, resulting in 32 people taken into custody and transferred to prosecutors for legal processing.
- Among those detained were three alleged leaders identified by authorities as Miguel “Miky” Juárez, Luis Humberto “El Gigan” Nava Flores, and Luis “El Pollo” Guzmán Manzano, and two active municipal police officers from Nezahualcóyotl.
- Authorities reported large material seizures that they say were tied to criminal logistics and revenue: about 178,780 liters of commercial‑grade gas LP, 22 tanker trucks (pipas), 52 vehicles, 20 firearms, 111 phones, and narcotics.
- Separately on November 5, security forces said they killed Edgar Aarón “El General,” accused founder of the Cártel Nuevo Imperio, during an operation in Naucalpan after agents were fired upon and repelled the attack.
- Officials said the operations capped seven months of investigation and involved the SSPC, Sedena, Semar, FGR, Guardia Nacional, CNI, the State of Mexico prosecutor, and Pemex, and that investigators will continue tracing financial networks, assets and alleged protection schemes that sustain illicit fuel sales and extortion.