Mexican authorities have announced the capture of two top criminals, one of them a close ally of the slain founder of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and his potential successor.
Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera died in February after being wounded in a shootout with Mexican soldiers, unleashing a wave of blockades and shootouts that left over 70 people dead.
Special forces of the Mexican navy captured Flores Silva in the western state of Nayarit, Security Secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch said.
The captured man is "sought by US authorities with the goal of extradition," Harfuch added.
Earlier, the government of northeastern Tamaulipas state reported the arrest of Alexander "N," a member of a criminal gang acting near the US-Mexico border.
His capture provoked at least eight highway blockades by criminal groups on the highways surrounding the border city of Reynosa.
Mexican news outlets identified the criminal as Alexander Benavides Flores, or "R9," the head of Los Metros.
The Metros are one of the factions of the Gulf Cartel, weakened over the last decade following the capture of their leaders.
The administration of US President Donald Trump pressured his Mexican counterpart Claudia Sheinbaum to crack down on organised crime gangs.
Sheinbaum repeatedly rejected US offers of drone strikes or ground troops for fighting Mexican cartels.
