“Char” for Borderland Beat
This article was translated and reposted from RIODOCE
An alleged leader of the Sinaloa Cartel accused of trafficking fentanyl to the United States and bringing weapons into Mexico was arrested in Culiacán by members of the Mexican Army and the National Guard, reported the National Defense Secretariat (Sedena).
The arrested man is Humberto Arredondo Soto, who has a criminal record in the United States and a formal indictment from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania for trafficking cocaine, methamphetamines and fentanyl from Mexico to seven U.S. states.
The capture of the alleged criminal leader followed a joint investigation by the National Intelligence Center (CNI) and the Special Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime (FEMDO) of the Attorney General’s Office (FGR).
Arredondo Soto was located in a property located in the town of Guadalupe Victoria, municipality of Culiacán, which was used for illicit activities.
The alleged drug trafficker is considered to be the head of a criminal cell of the Sinaloa Cartel in Culiacán, where he fled to after the accusations against him were made public by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Following a search warrant at the property, the arrest and that of another person was carried out in flagrante delicto, securing possible synthetic drugs, firearms, cartridges, magazines and vehicles.
The Sedena informed that all the seized items have already been handed over to the Federal Attorney General’s Office (FGR) “in order to carry out investigations and actions to confirm the type and quantity of the drugs, as well as the characteristics of the weapons”.