Overview
- Authorities detained Martín Jesús “N”, known as “El Tomate”, on October 30 in Nogales, Sonora.
- The operation was led by the Navy and the Sonora state prosecutor’s investigative unit with support from SEDENA, FGR, the National Guard and the federal security ministry.
- Officers conducting recognition patrols stopped the suspect and found drug doses before taking him into custody and advising him of his rights.
- Officials say he has an outstanding arrest warrant for organized crime and is reportedly linked to drug offenses and kidnapping.
- He is described as a presumed member of the ‘Los Gigios’ or ‘Demonios-Mayos’ cell and a priority objective in Sonora, with reports attributing drug and migrant trafficking and violence against rivals to the group.