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Mexico City Nabs Alleged Tren de Aragua Operator Nelson in Joint Federal-Local Raid

A multiagency sweep in Iztapalapa advances cases tied to human trafficking and organized crime.

Overview

  • Security forces from the SSPC, Army, Navy, National Guard, FGR, and Mexico City police and prosecutors carried out the coordinated operation led by Omar García Harfuch.
  • Nelson Arturo “N,” identified as the group’s principal operator in Mexico, was detained with alleged aides Lucas Alberto Vielma Rojas and Marcos Gabriel Ortega Sotillo in Iztapalapa.
  • Authorities executed arrest warrants for human trafficking and organized crime and transferred the three detainees to the Ministerio Público to determine their legal status.
  • The operation seized 92 doses of marijuana, 44 of crystal, 18 of piedra, two cellphones, and cash, with officials also linking the suspects to broader drug and exploitation schemes.
  • U.S. Ambassador Ronald Johnson publicly congratulated Mexican authorities, and the enforcement push also included the arrest of Néstor Josué Díaz of La Nueva Familia Michoacana in parallel raids.