Overview
- Investigative police from the Mexico City prosecutor’s office, supported by the city’s security department, arrested Sergio Iván “N” on January 12 in a Tlalnepantla residence.
- Authorities identify him as the presumed head of the La Unión Tepito cell known as Los Orejones, which they link to retail drug sales, extortion, robbery and homicide.
- The Mexico City prosecutor’s office obtained the arrest warrant for aggravated criminal association on January 7 after ministerial work advanced the case.
- Agents located the suspect through intelligence efforts that included analysis of C5 surveillance recordings before executing the arrest.
- The detainee, also reported as “El M24,” was transferred to Reclusorio Preventivo Varonil Oriente, presented to a judicial authority, and remains presumed innocent pending a ruling.