Mexico says it has captured a major cartel boss — two months after the killing of the same organization’s leader.
Audias Flores, also known as “El Jardinero” or “The Gardener,” was taken into custody by Mexican authorities in the state of Nayarit on Monday.
Flores is accused of being a leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, one of Mexico’s most brutal and notorious drug syndicates.
The former head of that cartel, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, or “El Mencho,” was killed in a Mexican military operation in late February.
Flores was considered a possible successor to lead the cartel — one of several Mexico-based drug cartels that the Trump administration designated as terrorist organizations last year.
The U.S. State Department was offering a $5 million reward for information leading to Flores’ arrest.
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