Overview

• Federal and Mexico City forces detained Nelson Arturo Echezuria Alcántara, 29, along with collaborators Lucas Alberto Vielma Rojas, 37, and Marcos Gabriel Ortega Sotillo, 36, all Venezuelan nationals.
• Authorities identify Nelson as the group’s principal operator in Mexico, with active warrants for human trafficking and organized crime, plus an outstanding warrant for drug offenses and criminal association, and they attribute several feminicides to him.
• Agents reported seizing 92 doses of marijuana, 44 of crystal meth, 18 of crack, two cellphones, and cash during the capture, after which the three were presented to prosecutors.
• Investigators say the Tren de Aragua cell under Nelson operated across Puebla, Morelos, the State of Mexico, and multiple boroughs of Mexico City in activities including exploitation, extortion, and narcomenudeo.
• In parallel actions against a local network tied to 'El Güero Fresa,' police detained Erasmo Carlos Huerta García during a court-ordered search in Iztapalapa that yielded drugs, a handgun, ammunition, 13 phones, and a motorcycle, and later arrested Williams “N” in Chalco with two military-grade long guns, seven magazines, and rounds.