Chief financial operator of drug cartel arrested in Mexico

The Mexican military has captured the chief financial operator of a drug cartel, the National Security Commission said on Friday.

The suspect, identified as Sergio "N", was detained in the early hours Thursday at a residential estate southwest of Guadalajara, the capital of the western Mexican state of Jalisco, said Renato Sales Heredia, commissioner of the National Security Commission.

Sergio "N" is the chief financial operator of the Jalisco Nueva Generacion cartel, according to commission.

The sate government of Jalisco has blamed the cartel for the kidnapping of Jesus Alfredo Guzman, a son of Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, together with five other men, in the seaside resort of Puerto Vallarta on Aug. 15.

Sergio "N" was on the priority list of 122 criminals pursued by the Mexican government, according to Heredia.

"His capture is expected to significantly affect the operating and financial structure of the criminal organization," he said.

Sergio "N" has financial connections with a criminal organization that operates between California in the United States and Jalisco, according to the National Security Commission.

He has a long crime history going back to the 1980s when he was a member of a gang which assaulted a bank in the municipality of Lagos Moreno, Jalisco, in its biggest sting, according to federal officials.

Before becoming a financial operator for the Jalisco Nueva Generacion cartel, Sergio "N" was in charge of managing the production of synthetic drugs for a criminal organization. He was also implicated in the murder of a state judicial officer.

Source : XINHUA