The Mexican Secretary of National Defense (Sedena) reported the arrest of Jesús Alfredo Salazar Ramírez, alias “El Muñeco” or “El Pelos”, who was identified as the current lieutenant of the South Pacific Cartel in the state of Sonora. As stated by Sedena, “El Muñeco” worked as an administrator under Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán[1] and is believed to be responsible for the death of the activist Nepomuceno Moreno. Jesús Alfredo Salazar Ramírez was arrested November 1, 2012 in the municipality of Huixquilucan, by military personnel working with the Mexican Attorney General's office (PGR)[2]. “El Muñeco” is considered to be one of the most important lieutenants of Joaquín Guzmán Loera, evident from his control of the planting, production, and trafficking of drugs in Sonora and in the mountains of Chihuahua, which were sent predominantly to the US. He is linked to various homicides, among them the lawyer Rubén Alejandro Cepeda Leos, who was assassinated December 20, 2011 in the city of Chihuahua, Chihuahua. According to the Sedena he is the assumed assassin of activist Nepomuceno Moreno Núñez, which occured November 28, 2011. Nepomuceno Moreno was an activist who sought justice for the disappearance of is son and joined the Mexican Indignados Movement, led by the poet Javier Sicilia.
José Rodrigo Aréchiga Gamboa, commonly known by his alias El Chino Ántrax, was a Mexican Narcotrafficker high-ranking director of the Sinaloa Cartel[3]. He was a leader and founding member of Los Ántrax, an armed squadron formed to protect Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada García, founding member of the Sinaloa Cartel. He was arrested December 30, 2013 in the Amsterdam airport Schiphol in the Netherlands, at the petition of the United States of America, and with the help of Interpol arrested him with charges related to drug trafficking.
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