Sinaloa cartel in Oaxaca: seven fell from the cell of the “Chino” Quintero

The lieutenant of the transnational crime group also operates on the Costa Chica of Guerrero, as the beaches that make up the Pacific are used for the landing of drug shipments from Central and South America

MEX3039. SAN MATEO DEL MAR (MÉXICO), 22/06//2020.- Integrantes de la Guardia Nacional y de la Policía Estatal patrullan este lunes en la comunidad Ikoots San Mateo del Mar (México). Al menos 15 personas fueron asesinadas la noche de este domingo en la comunidad indígena Ikoots San Mateo del Mar, en el estado mexicano de Oaxaca, sur del país, denunciaron este lunes las autoridades locales. EFE/Daniel Ricardez

Army and ministerial agents arrested seven alleged members of the Sinaloa Cartel, who were under the command of the lieutenant of the criminal group in Oaxaca, who is known as José Gil Quintero, alias El Chino.

According to the Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection (SSyPC), the alleged criminals fell in Pinotepa Nacional last week, on March 29, after coordinated actions by state and federal agents.

These are Silver Idael “N”, Edgardo “N”, Edgar Fortino “N”, Felipe “N”, Bruno “N”, Carlos “N”, and Ivan de Jesús “N”, who were placed at the disposal of the Attorney General's Office of the Republic guarded by elements of the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena).

Rosa Icela Rodríguez, head of the SSyPC, presented data on the arrest at the morning conference of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at the National Palace, as part of the Zero Impunity policy. According to the secretary, ibChino Quintero was appointed to drug trafficking operations in Oaxaca and Guerrero's Costa Chica.

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