Overview
- Police executed two simultaneous search warrants in Venustiano Carranza and Cuauhtémoc following cabinet and field investigations into suspected drug-sale points.
- Detainees include Manuela Eunice Mejía Castro, 34, known as “La Mane,” whom authorities identify as leading a faction of La Unión Tepito.
- The operation was carried out by Mexico City’s SSC with the capital prosecutor’s office, supported by Navy personnel and the National Guard.
- Seized evidence included a long gun, a handgun, 600 doses of cocaine, 103 doses of marijuana, two kilograms of bulk marijuana, additional packaged narcotics, mobile phones, and a caged spider monkey.
- Officials link the group to drug distribution, extortion, homicide, and robbery, note one suspect’s prior convictions, and say the Fiscalía is handling prosecutorial follow-up.