Overview
- Newly circulated footage shows a man identified as César Alejandro Sepúlveda Arellano, known as “El Bótox,” speaking from a rural area and acknowledging he is being sought.
- He urges President Claudia Sheinbaum and Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch to stop pursuing him and to focus on raising lime prices in the Apatzingán region.
- News reports note the authenticity of the video has not been independently verified.
- The Michoacán state prosecutor’s office has offered a 100,000‑peso reward and obtained an arrest order in connection with the October 2025 killing of citrus leader Bernardo Bravo.
- The U.S. Treasury in August 2025 named Sepúlveda a leader of Los Viagras linked to Los Blancos de Troya, and he has been accused of extorting producers in the local lime industry.