Overview

• Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch announced the detention in Tlajomulco de Zúñiga after a joint operation by SEDENA, SEMAR, the FGR, the CNI, the SSPC and Guanajuato’s security agency.
• Authorities identify Gustavo “N,” 32, as La Barredora’s operational boss tied to extortion, homicides, kidnappings, drug distribution, vehicle and fuel theft and attacks on rivals and police in Guanajuato.
• Agents searched a residence in Fraccionamiento Senderos de Monte Verde and seized three handguns, a long gun, 116 rounds, eight magazines, a gas grenade, drugs, nine phones and three tablets, while also arresting a 30‑year‑old woman.
• The government describes him as a key generator of violence in the Bajío, with inquiries in Guanajuato into threats, mantas, assaults, killings and at least 10 vehicle thefts.
• The detention advances a broader 2025 crackdown that already linked founder Hernán Bermúdez Requena to prosecution and secured other arrests, including a leader who offered to cooperate as a protected witness.