"Char" for Borderland Beat
This article was translated and reposted from RIODOCE
AUGUST 21, 2024
Federal authorities arrested for the second time in Zapopan, Jalisco, Miguel Aldrín Jarquín, alias “El Chaparrito,” one of the men closest to Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, El Mencho, leader of the Jalisco Cartel - New Generation, and alleged regional leader of the organization in Colima, Jalisco, Yucatán and Quintana Roo.
According to the information, Aldrín Jarquín was captured during an operation carried out jointly by members of the Secretariat of the Navy-Mexico Navy (Semar) and the Special Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime (FEMDO), at the intersection of Marina Mazatlán and Acueducto avenues.
It was also announced that two of his men were captured while simultaneous searches were being carried out in the cities of Mérida, Yucatán and Guadalajara and Zapopan, Jalisco, according to federal authorities.
The sources consulted said that the intelligence work to locate and arrest El Chaparrito took several months of follow-up so that the actions against him could be carried out without generating acts of violence that put the general population at risk.
Aldrín had been arrested in 2022, and according to federal authorities, he was serving El Mencho in the “corruption of authorities, illicit trafficking of weapons for the exclusive use of the armed forces and chemical precursors, as well as money laundering through high-end car sales lots and real estate companies”.
Jarquín Jarquín managed to evade justice in April 2022 less than a month after his arrest, after a judge released him to continue his judicial process without precautionary measures following his arrest in Colima, where more than 20 million pesos and weapons for the exclusive use of the armed forces were seized.
According to La Jornada, intelligence sources indicate that El Chaparrito held a command position in the CJNG, similar to that held by those considered possible successors to El Mencho, such as Gonzalo Mendoza Gaytan, El Sapo; Judias Flores Silva, El Jardinero; Anarbol Cardenas Cisneros, El Nabo; and Juan Carlos Valencia Gonzalez, El 03.
