Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Mexico catches Sinaloa drug cartel operator in Nogales

Mexican prosecutors say police and soldiers have detained the chief operator for the Sinaloa drug cartel in the northern border city of Nogales, across the border from Nogales, Arizona.

The suspect is identified as Josue Ivan Torres Gonzalez.

According to security officials, Torres Gonzalez smuggled heroin, meth, cocaine and immigrants to the United States through Nogales.

The officials said Monday that he and two alleged associates were arrested in a series of raids carried out by police and soldiers in Nogales, Mexico. While weapons were seized in the raids, the suspects were arrested without any shots being fired.

The government . . .

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