Four municipal police officers from the state of Jalisco were arrested for allegedly being linked to a criminal organization, according to a statement released by the Security Cabinet.

The detainees, who collaborated with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) They were identified as Hugo Aldair Sanchez Gonzalez, alias “El Tuki”; Abiham Bathuel Orendain Martinez, alias “El Dire”; Rafaela Serrano Mariscal, alias “Rafa”; and Edgar Sigala Cantor, alias “El Pollo.”

While working as police officers in the municipalities of Ciudad Guzman, Chiquilistlan, and Atemajac, they also participated in drug trafficking, kidnapping, and arms trafficking, the statement said.

During the investigation, federal authorities identified four men who belonged to public security institutions.

The capture operation involved members of the Attorney General's Office (FGR) and the Navy (Semar), in coordination with the Ministry of National Defense (Defensa) and the National Guard (GN).

The federal government emphasized that these arrests aim to dismantle criminal networks infiltrated into municipal security forces, one of the CJNG's main methods of operation in Jalisco and other states.

The power that the CJNG has accumulated in Mexico is explained by many factors, one of the most important being the corruption and intimidation of authorities at all three levels of government.

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In a 2024 report, the DEA noted that bribery and threats to authorities allowed the Jalisco New Generation Cartel to operate its lucrative drug trafficking business in the country with relative impunity.