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Six Arrested in Durango Raids as Authorities Capture Alleged Cell Leader 'Don José'

Judge-authorized searches capped weeks of surveillance in a federal push targeting networks tied to Los Mayos.

Overview

  • The coordinated operation led by Sedena with Semar, FGR, the National Guard and the SSPC executed five simultaneous searches in the Loma Bonita, La Morga, Cerro de Guadalupe and Guadalupe Victoria neighborhoods of Durango.
  • Detainees include José Luis Delgadillo, alias Don José, whom authorities identify as the leader of a local cell dedicated to kidnapping and human trafficking and whom La Jornada links to the Cabrera Sarabia faction of Los Mayos.
  • Agents secured five properties along with three magazines, 59 cartridges, 36 mobile phones, a radio, three vehicles and a motorcycle during the searches.
  • All six suspects were placed under the authority of the Federal Public Ministry to determine their legal status, and the seized residences remain in official custody.
  • Officials frame the arrests as the latest in a month of federal actions in Durango that dismantled meth labs and large drug caches, with an estimated impact exceeding 6.8 billion pesos on organized crime.