Overview

• Elements of the Mexican Navy led the operation that detained Luis Alberto “N” alias “Pupusita” on August 1 in Mexico City.
• Investigators say “Pupusita” managed finances for a continent-spanning cocaine trafficking network linking Guatemala, Mexico and the United States.
• He is accused of receiving large shipments of cocaine and maintaining operational ties to the Cártel de Sinaloa.
• He remains in custody under a Guatemalan extradition order while U.S. and Guatemalan authorities coordinate his transfer for drug trafficking prosecution.
• Mexico’s Security Secretariat described the arrest as a key step in broader efforts to disrupt organized crime financing and cartel command structures.