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Mexico’s cartel crackdown hits top ranks – but will it fuel Jalisco violence?

globalApril 30, 2026
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Mexico’s cartel crackdown hits top ranks – but will it fuel Jalisco violence?
Arrest of potential next leader found hiding in drainage pipe highlights renewed tactics – and fears of cartel infighting

Arrest of potential next leader found hiding in drainage pipe highlights renewed tactics – and fears of cartel infighting

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The golden coffin of “El Mencho”, the late leader of the Jalisco New Generation cartel (CJNG), had barely been lowered into the ground when the Mexican military dealt a second blow to the very top of the organisation this week.

As special forces descended on a ranch in the state of Nayarit, grainy drone footage showed El Mencho’s possible successor, Audias Flores, alias “El Jardinero”, being hauled from a drainage pipe he had tried to hide in, all without a shot being fired.

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Source: Guardian - World News

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