Mario Alberto ‘N’, 43, nephew of the former leader of the Gulf Cartel, Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, was captured in Nuevo León, state authorities reported this Monday.
The detainee, also known as ‘Betito’ or ‘Betillo’, was apprehended along with two accomplices in possession of weapons and drugs, on Sunday night by agents of the Metropolitan Coordination Group, according to the state’s Public Security Secretariat.
The operation was made up of members of the federal Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection, National Guard, Defense, the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) and the State Investigation Agency (AEI).
The arrest resulted from information about the presence of armed civilians in the parking lot of a shopping center, south of Monterrey, capital of the state of Nuevo León.
The personnel were deployed to locate the suspects who were detected at the scene aboard a truck and when they were identified they tried to flee, but were intercepted.
Raúl ‘N’, 45 years old, and Kevin Alberto ‘N’, 19 years old, were arrested along with Mario Alberto ‘N’.
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A long gun, a short gun, two magazines, seven cartridges, as well as 44 bags with a substance with the characteristics of glass, a digital scale and cash were seized from them.
The men were placed at the disposal of the investigating authorities.
This is not the first time that ‘El Betito’ has been detained by Mexican authorities, since, in 2019, the Attorney General’s Office captured him in an operation carried out in the central State of Mexico; although a judge ordered his release in 2022.
Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, who served as leader of the Gulf Cartel (CDG), was arrested in March 2003 accused of crimes such as organized crime and damage to health, in various forms.
He was admitted to a maximum security prison in Mexico, now known as Altiplano, until in March 2005 the Mexican government granted his extradition to the United States.
He was handed over to the American government in 2007 and faced charges for 19 crimes in front of a court in Houston, Texas.
In December 2024, he was deported to Mexico and is currently detained to face charges for various crimes committed in this country.
Under his command, the CDG reached a high level of violence through the creation of the Zetas, an armed executor wing, made up of former elite military personnel.
With information from EFE.
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