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Mexican special forces arrest top commander of powerful cartel

The Guardian · Apr 28, 2026, 8:35 AM · Also reported by 4 other sources

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Audias Flores, known as ‘El Jardinero’, of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, captured in western state of Nayarit Mexican special forces have arrested one of the top commanders of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel in the western state of Nayarit.Audias Flores, known as “El Jardinero”, is a regional commander in control of swathes of CJNG territory along Mexico’s Pacific coast. He was considered a potential successor to Nemesio Oseguera, alias “El Mencho”, who ran the cartel and was killed in a security operation in February. Continue reading...

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