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Mexico captures top cartel leader โ€˜El Jardineroโ€™ hiding in roadside ditch

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Mexicoโ€™s most powerful criminal enterprise, suffered another blow on Monday when the Mexican military captured one of its top leaders in the northwest of the country, two months after the cartelโ€™s leader was killed. Audias Flores Silva, also known as โ€œEl Jardineroโ€, or The Gardener, was seen as a possible successor to the killed leader and the United States had a US$5 million reward out for information leading to his arrest. The CJNG regional commander was...

Mexican military captures cartel commander Audias Flores

The Mexican military released footage of an operation resulting in the capture of Audias Flores.

Mexicoโ€™s Jalisco drug cartel commander โ€˜El Jardineroโ€™ found hiding in ditch

Mexican Navy says special forces apprehended Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader 'without a single shot being fired'.

Canadian tourist killed, 6 people injured in shooting at Mexico archaeological site

A Canadian woman was shot dead and four other people were injured by a gunman on Monday at Mexicoโ€™s famed Teotihuacan archaeological site, authorities said. The gunman killed himself after opening fire at the popular tourist destination, home to pre-Aztecan pyramids, said Cristobal Castaneda, the security secretary for Mexico state, where the site is located. Videos on social media show the gunman firing periodic shots from halfway up the Pyramid of the Moon while tourists take cover behind...

Gunman kills Canadian woman, injures six at Mexicoโ€™s Teotihuacan pyramids

Canadian tourist is killed and 6 people injured in shooting at Teotihuacan pyramid near Mexico City, government says.