Leader of the Arellano Félix Cartel, arrested in Tijuana; he operated with the CJNG

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Publicado: 18/6/2025 · 8:39 p.m. MX | Actualizado: 18/6/2025 · 8:39 p.m. MX

Personnel from the Ministry of National Defense and the Federal Attorney General’s Office, in coordination with the Navy, National Guard, and Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection, executed a search warrant at a residence in Tijuana, Baja California, where they arrested Pablo Edwin Huerta Nuño, alias “Flaquito,” regional leader of the “Arellano Félix Cartel.” This cartel operates in the Central Zone, Northern Zone, and Sánchez Taboada district in Tijuana, as well as the northern area of Ensenada. Huerta Nuño has an outstanding arrest warrant in Baja California for aggravated kidnapping.

Among the cartel’s main criminal activities are the production of synthetic drugs, theft of drugs from other criminal organizations, co-opting authorities, and usurpation of public functions.

From 2017 to 2024, Huerta Nuño negotiated with the New Generation Jalisco Cartel (CJNG) to strengthen actions against their main rivals, the Pacific Cartel (CDP), in order to maintain control of operations in Tijuana, considered one of the main gateways to the United States for the trafficking of drugs, people, weapons, and illicit cash.

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Huerta Nuño was arrested along with three other suspects and doses of drugs, weapons, magazines, ammunition, tactical gear, and vehicles were seized, while the two properties were sealed off and placed under police guard.

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