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Mexico Detains 'El Moncho,' Alleged 'Los Lavadora' Operator, in Querétaro Raids

Officials say the coordinated operation weakened a CJNG-linked cell.

Overview

  • Federal and state forces arrested Ramón Mora Rojas, known as El Moncho, and five others in four properties in Santiago de Querétaro.
  • The January 10 operation, led by the Navy with SSPC, FGR, Sedena, the National Guard, and Querétaro authorities, followed an investigation case file.
  • Authorities seized firearms, cartridges, suspected drugs, vehicles, and electronic equipment during the searches.
  • Security officials accuse the suspect of coordinating cargo-truck robberies that involved assaults and driver abductions on the MexicoQuerétaro highway, along with drug dealing, kidnapping, fuel theft, home burglary, and homicide.
  • The detainees were registered in the National Detentions Registry, and the five alleged collaborators were identified as Erika Rico Contreras, Juan Francisco Hernández Breña, Mario Fernando Paz Fernández, Efraín Valdez Contreras, and Erick Fabián Ramírez Hernández.