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Mexico captures top cartel leader ‘El Jardinero’ hiding in roadside ditch

South China Morning Post 28 April 2026 2h ago
Mexico captures top cartel leader ‘El Jardinero’ hiding in roadside ditch
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The Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Mexico’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 cartel’s leader was killed. Audias Flores Silva, also known as “El Jardinero”, or The Gardener, was seen as a possible successor to the killed leader and the United States had a
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