Overview

• Federal forces detained Alejandro “N,” known as “El Chuacheneger” or “El Diablito,” during a stop in Villahermosa on October 2.
• Officers intercepted a vehicle reported stolen, seized a handgun and drug doses, and transferred the suspect to the public prosecutor.
• Authorities identify him as the presumed CJNG plaza chief and a principal driver of violence in the Chontalpa region of Tabasco.
• The operation was a coordinated deployment involving Sedena, Semar, FGR, the National Guard, the federal SSPC, and Tabasco’s SSPC.
• Officials present the capture as part of a sustained campaign against CJNG networks that parallels recent U.S. actions, including a DEA sweep reporting 670 arrests.