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Mexico City Raids Dismantle La Unión Tepito’s Car Wash and Laundromat Drug Network

Judge-authorized searches with covert surveillance secured evidence against six suspects for upcoming trials.

Overview

  • Five simultaneous raids in Cuauhtémoc and Venustiano Carranza targeted a car wash, a laundromat and three other fronts linked to La Unión Tepito.
  • Authorities from SSC, FGJ, Semar, Guardia Nacional and CNI arrested six alleged members, including leaders Carlos Humberto Salas (alias Beco) and his wife Pamela Itzel.
  • Investigators seized more than 1,800 doses of narcotics—chiefly cocaine and marijuana—alongside firearms, 15 vehicles and two motorcycles.
  • Operations were carried out under judge-issued warrants using fixed and mobile surveillance to avoid confrontations.
  • Suspects remain in custody awaiting judicial proceedings as authorities continue probing the network’s wider operations.