Harfuch highlights the arrest of 10 members of "Los Mayos" during a search in Culiacán. 10 Members Of Los Rugrats / MF Captured In Laguna Colorado South Of Culiacan, Sinaloa.

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JUNE 28, 2025 

LUZ NOTICIAS 

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REPORTER SAMUEL GARCIA MARISCAL: Warring factions in Sinaloa: 

REPORTER JOSE RODRIGUEZ: 23 alleged hitmen in total captured in the last few hours. This is what the Secretariat of Public Security and Citizen Protection is reporting. 

However, there is an event where 10 people, 10 alleged criminals, were arrested here in Culiacán. There are 23 hitmen or alleged hitmen arrested in the state capital in less than 24 hours from different factions of organized crime. However, there is one that OMAR García Harfuch highlighted on his Twitter account. The details are Sebastián Martínez. How are you? 

REPORTER SEBASTIAN MARTINEZ: Good afternoon, how are you? José. Good afternoon to you, and also good afternoon to Samuel and to the entire audience of Luz Noticias. As you were saying this morning, the Secretary of Public Security and Citizen Protection, Omar García Harfuch, issued a post on his social media in which He highlighted the arrest of 23 alleged criminals, but he emphasized the arrest of 10 members of the Mayos, linked to the Sinaloa cartel. Omar García Harfuch commented that this arrest took place in Laguna Colorada, a town south of Culiacán, where security forces searched four properties and arrested eight people. During these same actions, they arrested two other people who were traveling in a van with criminal material. We're talking about a total of 10 people, members of the Los Mayos, as Omar García Harfuch comments. These people were seized with 10 firearms, 42 magazines, and cartridges, in addition to approximately 79 liters and 60 kg of various chemical substances. José, 

JOSE RODRIGUEZ: Yes, and they were not the only ones arrested. There was also a significant arrest. In El Pozo and La Cuesta, north of Culiacán, in the rural area where they arrested six individuals, there are 16, including the 10 you mentioned, Sebastián.

These six individuals were seized with seven long weapons, one short weapon, 10 vehicles, 47 explosive devices, and among the six people arrested, there are three minors. Three minors. 

REPORTER SEBASTIAN MARTINEZ: It was striking about this arrest that the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection itself shared images of what was seized, and there were vests with the acronym CJNG among all this material seized from the six people, there in the areas of El Pozo and La Cuesta, where there were also three minors. It should be noted that Omar García Harfuch highlighted the arrest in Caminahuato of a person who also identified him as a member of the Los Mayos, who was carrying 10 firearms, including a Barrett rifle and a machine gun. Two grenades, 12 explosive devices, 69 magazines, 2,838 rounds of ammunition, tactical equipment, and two trucks, one of them with homemade armor. Jose, the count is 17 detained now. Yes, that's right, there are 17.

JOSE RODRIGUEZ: And they arrested six more hitmen, eh, with an arsenal of eight vehicles and tactical equipment, also here in Culiacán. This total totals 23 alleged hitmen, organized crime criminals. In less than 24 hours, an impressive arsenal, and they continue to seize weapons and vehicles everywhere. Arrests, and this isn't over, but eh, well, we've seen that these types of operations are intensifying in recent days. 

Sebastian: Yes, without a doubt. Remember, a few weeks ago, Omar García Harf himself came here to Culiacán and ordered the arrival of 100 more military personnel, including members of the National Guard, known as the "bats" of the special forces, and well, the more they deploy. Military, because there are also more arrests and seizures, as this is the result of the work that has been done here in the state, José.

Thank you for the report, Sebastián.

Good afternoon. Good afternoon.

Categories: CJNG, Ismael Zambada Sicairos, Ivan Archivaldo Guzman Salazar, La Chapiza, Los Chapitos, Los Mayos, Los Rugrats, Sinaloa Civil War