Leader Linked to Los Chapitos, Powerful Faction of the Sinaloa Cartel, Arrested
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
On Monday, military personnel and security agents arrested Ricardo Ozuna Tirado, alias 'El Tío', in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. Authorities identified him as a financial operator and leader of a criminal group linked to Los Chapitos, one of the most powerful factions of the Sinaloa Cartel, led by the sons of drug lord Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, who is currently imprisoned in the U.S. According to federal sources, the 49-year-old Ozuna Tirado is recognized as a key leader and financial operator of a Los Chapitos cell in the municipality of La Cruz de Elota, Sinaloa. The Security Cabinet reported that he was a 'priority target' and was arrested along with five others from the same criminal group in the coastal and tourist municipality of Mazatlán, where authorities seized firearms, magazines, cartridges, various drug doses, foreign currency, communication and computing equipment, and two vehicles. In a coordinated action in Mazatlán, elements from SEMAR, SSPC, FGR, and the National Intelligence Center detained six individuals, including Ricardo 'N', alias 'El Tío', a financial operator and one of the main leaders of a criminal cell.
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