Mexico Captures Cartel Leader Wanted By US
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The capture of a Jalisco cartel boss on Mexico's Pacific coast has triggered violence along the border across from Texas.
Mexican officials revealed that four foreigners — not two — were present during a counterdrug operation in northern Mexico where a crash killed two men later identified as C.I.A. officers.
The capture of Audias Flores Silva, alias “El Jardinero,” reflects how Mexico’s strategy of targeting drug kingpins continues to fragment major cartels and reshape the country’s criminal landscape.
Audias Flores, known as 'El Jardinero', was considered a potential successor to 'El Mencho', who ran the cartel and was killed in a security operation in February