Overview

• A control judge in Morelos upheld the arrests and ordered pretrial detention for 12 alleged members of Los Aparicio following Sept. 22 raids in Temoac, with accusations including aggravated express kidnapping, firearms offenses and drug dealing.
• Mexico’s Navy reported the capture in Ecatepec of two suspects, including a woman identified as “La Güera,” whom intelligence links as a presumed leader of La Chokiza, as the Army sent 270 special forces to Baja California, Chihuahua and Guanajuato and authorities touted a new U.S.–Mexico arms‑trafficking agreement with ballistic tracing.
• Families and supporters marked 11 years since the Ayotzinapa attacks with marches in Iguala that saw clashes and property damage, reiterating demands for truth and accountability and reporting no new judicial breakthroughs.
• Extraordinary rains in Iztapalapa flooded 20 neighborhoods and forced a partial shutdown of Metro Line A between Santa Marta and Acatitla, with cleanup operations and service restorations continuing.
• In Peru, the San Sebastián bus line known as “La 50” suspended service in San Juan de Lurigancho over extortion and deadly attacks on drivers, as police investigated an explosive device at a Laredo discotheque and made arrests in separate armed robbery cases in Trujillo and Lambayeque.