By The Opinion
Nov 15, 2024, 10:07 AM EST
Thanks to intelligence work by the Mexican Army and the National Guard, the capture of Omar Felix Loaizaalias “El Pelón”identified as the leader of the criminal group “Los Pelones”, that is, the armed wing of Los Chapitos that operates in the state of Sonora.
The arrest of this criminal leader was carried out in Las Quintas, an area located in the east of Culiacán, capital of Sinaloa, where he had taken refuge for some time, according to media such as the local site RíoDoce.
After his arrest, images began to circulate on social networks showing him escorted by military elements, and in the background a Mexican Air Force aircraft can be seen.
According to federal government sources consulted by the newspaper Reforma, The capture was carried out after the arrest of six of his accomplices in Sonora last Tuesday, in the Municipality of Altar, so “El Pelón” was followed up.
Preliminary reports indicate that Félix was one of the main generators of violence in Sonora, mainly on the border with Arizona, derived from the war unleashed between Los Chapitos and Ismael Zambada Sicairosalias “El Mayito Flaco”after the capture of his father Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada.
“Los Pelones” are identified as a group loyal to Los Chapitos. Its appearance became more evident in 2023, with several narcomantas in Sonora, which indicated that they joined the prohibition of manufacturing and trafficking of fentanyl in Sonora by orders of Ivan Archivaldo.
They concentrate their operation in the city of Sonoyta and are attributed with the increase in violence in the area of the Gulf of Santa Clara, in the northwest of the entity, where shootings, murders, parades of heavily armed hitmen and even the dispossession of property have been recorded. vehicles to tourists, which create fear in San Luis Río Colorado and Puerto Peñasco.
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