A man wanted by the United States on charges of trafficking large amounts of fentanyl and cocaine was killed Sunday by the Mexican military in an anti-drug operation, authorities said.
Pedro Inzunza Coronel, nicknamed “Pichon”, was killed in the operation in the northwestern state of Sinaloa.
Omar Garcia Harfuch, Secretary of Security of Mexico, confirmed Coronel’s death in social networks
“In an operation led by the Secretary of the Army… two operators of that criminal cell were arrested and in the attack on the army personnel, Pedro ‘N’ Pichon lost his life,” said Harfuch.
In May, the US The Department of Justice accused Coronelas well as his father, Pedro Inzunza Noriega, as the leader of the narcoterrorism, drug trafficking and money laundering Beltran Leyva Organization, a faction of a now-defunct cartel that is a violent group of the Sinaloa cartel.
The father and son trafficked tens of thousands of pounds of fentanyl into the United States, the federal government alleges, and the Mexican government seized more than 1.65 tons of fentanyl — the largest fentanyl seizure in the world. The The DOJ has released several images From seizures of fentanyl and cocaine linked to the couple.
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US Ambassador to Mexico Ronald Johnson he said in a message from X Inzunza was accused of several crimes, including “murders, kidnappings, torture and violent debt collection for drug trafficking.”
“These results reflect what our nations can achieve when they work together against those who pose a threat to our citizens,” Johnson wrote.
Since returning to power in January, President Donald Trump has demanded Mexico step up its efforts in the fight against drug trafficking, threatening to tax Mexican exports if more is not done.
In August, the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, insisted that they would be there “No invasion of Mexico” Mr Trump ordered the US military to target Latin American drug cartels following reports.
That same month, Mexico sent it 26 top poster figures to the United States in a major deal with the Trump administration. Among those released into US custody was Abigael González Valencia, leader of “Los Cuinis”, a group closely linked to the notorious cartel. Jalisco New Generationor CJNG. Another defendant, Roberto Salazar, was connected to the 2008 killing of a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy.