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FEBRUARY 8, 2025
Culiacán, Sin.- Mauro Alberto “N”, alias ‘El Jando” or “El Piloto”, arrested in Jesús María in Culiacán by federal forces in a military operation by land and air in the early hours of this Saturday, February 8, 2025, already appears in the National Registry of Arrests (RND).
After consulting this federal government platform by Los Noticieristas, it is confirmed that ‘El Jando’, pilot and operator of “Los Chapitos”, is officially registered as arrested.
He was arrested in Jesus Maria, where Ovidio Guzman, son of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was arrested in January 2023.
At 12:52 hours, Central Mexico time, his status was: IN TRANSFER.
He is being transferred by air from the Culiacán International Airport to Mexico City where he will be held in a penitentiary.
“El Piloto” is the alias under which he is registered with the federal government and according to his arrest record. In which they describe him as 1.70 meters tall, with a light complexion and at the time of his arrest he was wearing black pants, a black shirt and black tennis shoes. In the photographs he can be seen wearing the blue shirt, but in others he is wearing a black sweater or sweatshirt with a large brown bear printed on the chest.
The arrest was led by elements of Defense and GN, together with the Navy, FGR and SSPC
Harfuch confirms
The Secretary of Public Security and Citizen Protection, Omar García Harfuch, officially confirmed the arrest this morning, of who he said was the pilot of “Los Chapitos”
As a result of the reinforcement of security in Sinaloa, this morning, after a confrontation that occurred in Culiacán, with personnel from the Army and the National Guard, Mauro “N”, alias “Jando”, was arrested, considered an important operator of the criminal cell “Los Chapitos” of the Pacific Cartel and a trusted man of Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar, “El Chapito”, reported the federal government.
Who is ‘El Jando’, in the structure of ‘Los Chapitos’?
Mauro “N”, alias “El Jando”, is a civil pilot and key operator in the structure of “Los Chapitos”. He is credited with the authorship of the attacks with explosive devices that occurred in Vascogil and Tamazula, Durango, on October 28 and November 6, 2024, respectively, reports SSPC.
It is presumed that on January 5, 2023, during the arrest of Ovidio Guzmán, alias “El Ratón”, he sent an armed group to Jesús María to try to rescue him.
During the capture operation, an element of the National Defense Secretariat (Defense) died.
The capture
At 3:30 in the morning this Saturday, the sound of helicopters crossing the sky woke up the inhabitants of the Jesús María municipality and surrounding towns. Then came the gunshots from high-caliber weapons.
“The helicopters are flying low,” residents reported from 3:30 in the morning.
15 minutes later, a ‘firefight’ with machine guns could be heard.
“They already shot, they are already shooting.”