Overview

• Federal and state forces working under the Estrategia Nacional contra la Extorsión detained nine suspects tied to the ‘M4’ cell, which authorities report is linked to the CJNG.
• Six men were captured in flagrante on the Progreso–Villa del Carbón highway in Nicolás Romero while allegedly extorting a public transport operator at gunpoint.
• Erick “N,” identified as the group’s leader after the prior arrest of David “El Davis,” is under investigation for extortion and for reportedly firing shots at a barber shop to coerce payment.
• Arturo “N,” who had been performing social service at the state prosecutor’s office, is accused of leaking police information to the cell and was arrested on an outstanding homicide order; Eduardo “N” was also detained in connection with that killing.
• All nine were transferred to the Tlalnepantla penitentiary; six are linked to two extortion cases, Jhoan “N” and Brandon “N” face kidnapping-with-death arrest orders, and prosecutors say inquiries continue with the presumption of innocence.