Overview

• Mexican police arrested Hugo Salinas Cortinas, a high-ranking member of the Gulf cartel's Metros faction.
• Salinas Cortinas was implicated in 23 attacks targeting police and 9 attacks targeting military personnel.
• When arrested, Salinas Cortinas was in possession of two firearms and 600 pills believed to be fentanyl.
• Salinas Cortinas allegedly oversaw drug and human smuggling operations along the Rio Grande river on the Mexican side of the border.
• The Gulf cartel has split into warring factions in recent years following the arrest and extradition of several top leaders.