Overview
- State police tracked Javier Gabriel Mora Pino for weeks and arrested him on the night of December 19 in the rural Kilómetro 57 area of the Mexicali Valley.
- The FESC led the operation with support from the Defense Ministry, the National Guard and other agencies as part of a broader security strategy.
- Authorities seized two .223-caliber rifles, three fragmentation grenades, ballistic vests, magazines and cartridges, about 1.5 kilograms of methamphetamine, 1,400 marijuana doses and two vehicles, including an armored unit.
- Mora Pino and another detained individual were turned over to the Federal Attorney General’s Office for investigation, including ballistic and narcotics analyses to determine charges.
- Officials had listed him on Baja California’s most‑wanted roster as an alleged leader for Los Rusos linked to La Mayiza, and reports say he lacked active warrants but was tied by authorities to killings of distributors who resisted the group.