Overview
- Coordinated searches in three properties in Coahuayana resulted in the detention of Bernardo “N” (Nando), Leopoldo Fabián “N” (Negrito) and Leobardo “N” (Lioba), authorities reported on Thursday.
- The three suspects face active arrest warrants for crimes including qualified homicide, aggravated kidnapping, forced disappearance and deprivation of liberty tied to long‑running investigations.
- Officials linked two of the detainees to the May 28 attack in Aquila that left three people dead and one woman wounded, and say a fourth person has a separate arrest order in that case.
- Federal and state agencies including SEMAR, FGR, SSPC, the Michoacán Fiscalía and the Guardia Civil took part in the operation and said it was carried out without a single shot while following legal protocols.
- Authorities say the arrests target a cell that controlled a coastal cocaine corridor between Faro de Bucerías and Huahua and extorted local producers, and they expect prosecutions to follow as a step toward weakening trafficking networks and reducing local violence.