Gerardo Valencia Barajas and Johana Sepúlveda Valencia, relatives of the alleged leader of the Troy White Cell, They were supposed to be behind the extortion of Limoneros and Aguacateros in the municipality of Apatzingán, Michoacán.
“With the information obtained, surveillance and monitoring actions were carried out in the municipality of Apatzingán and after a coordinated operation, Gerardo N was arrested, identified as the operator of an armed arm, together with Joana N,” said the Ministry of Citizen Security and Protection (SSPC).
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“Both members a criminal group of violence in the entity, linked to the crimes of extortion, kidnapping and homicides,” said the dependency in charge of Omar García Harfuch.
The operators behind the criminal organization were arrested in the town of Cenobio Moreno, in Apatzingán.
Also to “Gerardo N is linked to the homicide of two FGR agents whose bodies were found in the entity in recent days,” the SSPC recalled.
“In monitoring of citizen complaints related to acts of extortion to the entity’s business sector, cabinet and field work were developed that allowed identifying the operation of a criminal cell,” he said.
One of the promises of the Government of Claudia Sheinbaum, which were launched at the beginning of their administration, was to bring peace to the Limoneros de Michoacán. The Government undertook an extortion attention plan in lemon productive cycle in Michoacán, the largest producer of the fruit in Mexico.
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For years, César Alejandro Sepúlveda Arellano, Trojan White Leader, It is linked to the extortion of Limoneros, Aguacateros, and maintains control of criminal activities in the northern Apatzingán.
The leader, whose daughter Johana Sepúlveda and son -in -law Gerardo Valencia were arrested for extorting limer and avocado, was part of the travel cell.
The man, who is known in the criminal world as ‘El Botox’, was arrested and put into prison in 2018, later left prison and founded the whites of Troy. For a couple of years there is a capture file and a reward to give information from the violence generator.
Michoacán is disputed by the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel and the United Cartels criminal group, which brings together criminal cells such as Viagras, the Michoacan family and the whites of Troy, which are characterized by the generation of a high rate of violence.
Trojan whites are the main generators of violence in colonies and ranches of the municipality.
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