Overview
- Authorities identified the detainee as José Damián Mendoza Hernández, 31, alias “El Ganso,” described as the probable head of Los Gansos.
- The SSC says the arrest followed field and intelligence work in Nueva Santa Anita, where officers observed suspected drug handling near Presidente Plutarco Elías Calles and Cuauhtémoc.
- Police report confiscating a loaded handgun, 140 doses of suspected cocaine, 45 packages of marijuana, additional loose marijuana, two phones, and cash before turning him over to the Ministerio Público.
- Officials link the group to retail drug dealing and the extortion of local merchants in Iztacalco, with neighbors near Mercado Emiliano Zapata previously reporting threats and payments demanded.
- Context includes a viral 2025 video showing armed men firing near an altar and prior SSC detentions of alleged members, some later released, after journalists first flagged today’s capture before official details emerged.