Overview
- Security officials confirmed the detention of Iván Valerio Sainz Salazar, known as “El Mantecas,” along with seven alleged operators in the Badiraguato highlands.
- Interagency teams deployed by air and ground included the Army, National Guard, Navy, the Attorney General’s Criminal Investigation Agency, and state police.
- Authorities seized a synthetic-drug production site with 14,000 fentanyl pills and doses of methamphetamine during the operation.
- Six vehicles with theft reports were recovered, including one with factory-installed armor, along with a Barrett .50-caliber rifle, a machine gun, other long guns, magazines, and hundreds of rounds.
- The SSPC publicly identified the seven detainees by name, and officials reported the arrests followed an exchange of gunfire near Rincón de los Monzón and later actions in Alcoyonqui.