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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A decision from the United Nations’ cultural preservation body, UNESCO, calls for a mission to the Sonora desert nature reserve to assess the impacts of the border wall. -
The investment goes toward modernizing the around 55 mile long stretch between the Lukeville-Sonoyta border crossing into Arizona and Puerto Peñasco, also known as Rocky Point. -
Mexico’s environmental protection agency is cleaning up more than 3,000 gallons of sulfuric acid that spilled when a tractor trailer overturned on a highway not far from the Arizona border. -
Sonora’s cattle ranchers’ union says the border will reopen to live cattle after a “technical problem” is resolved. -
The newly inaugurated Plaza de las Buscadoras features a statue of a woman searching for the remains of a missing loved one with a shovel.
