Overview

• A control judge ordered preventive imprisonment and set a three-month period for complementary investigation after the ten suspects were placed in the Chalco penitentiary.
• Authorities describe the detainees as members of a local retail drug-trafficking cell connected to a criminal organization with origins in Michoacán.
• Investigators report that armed assailants arrived at the home asking for a male resident, forced entry when told he was absent, and fatally shot the girl as three adults present were unharmed.
• Early leads came on August 12 with the seizure of a Honda and the arrests of Francisco “N” (“El Bocho”) and Marco Antonio “N” (“El Búho”) in possession of narcotics.
• Four simultaneous operations on August 16 yielded additional captures, including alleged cell leader César Jair “N” (“El Güero”) and others, and officials say interviews indicate prior threats against the targeted male over independent drug sales.