Overview
- Federal naval and security forces executed a court-authorized search on December 31 in Culiacán, arresting Pedro Inzunza Noriega and three others.
- Authorities identify Inzunza as a key operator and second-in-command to Fausto Isidro Meza Flores, with the cell linked to fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin trafficking.
- Firearms and quantities of drugs were seized during the operation, and the detainees were flown to Mexico City to be placed before FEMDO.
- Investigators say the property was identified after a November operation in Choix in which Inzunza’s son, “El Pichón,” was killed.
- U.S. prosecutors charged Inzunza in May 2025 with narcoterrorism, drug trafficking and money laundering, citing massive seizures including a 1,500 kg fentanyl haul in December 2024; local reports also describe related finds of chemical precursors such as sodium cyanide.