A infamous Mexican Cartel chief with a $1 million US bounty on his head was killed in Sinaloa throughout a raid on Friday.
Jorge Humberto Figueroa, AKA, “El Perris” was fatally shot throughout a raid on Friday.
El Perris was charged with conspiracy to import and distribute fentanyl into the US.
“As a part of the technique to construct peace in Sinaloa, an operation was carried out to arrest Jorge Humberto “N”, alias “El Perris”, parts of @Defensamx1 had been strongly attacked by armed males, so after repelling the aggression, in self-defense, mentioned topic recognized as one of many primary turbines of violence within the entity misplaced his life,” Public Security Secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch mentioned on X.
“This individual is recognized as one of many primary orchestrators of the assaults on authorities in 2019 in Culiacán, along with being associated to homicides and kidnappings that affected the peace and tranquility of Sinaloa society,” he mentioned.
Como parte de la estrategia para construir la paz en Sinaloa, se llevó a cabo una operación para detener a Jorge Humberto “N”, alias “El Perris”, elementos de @Defensamx1 fueron fuertemente atacados por hombres armados, por lo que tras repeler la agresión, en legítima defensa,… pic.twitter.com/etYmk6d9dg
— Omar H Garcia Harfuch (@OHarfuch) May 24, 2025
CBS Information reported:
A pacesetter of a infamous Mexican drug cartel who had a bounty on his head in the US has died in a conflict with military troops, authorities mentioned Saturday.
Sinaloa state, the place the highly effective cartel of the identical identify is predicated, is enduring a conflict between two rival factions that has left some 1,200 folks lifeless since September.
Jorge Humberto Figueroa — who glided by the nickname “El Perris” — was shot and killed Friday in a raid carried out to arrest him, public security secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch wrote on social media.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) had been providing as much as $1 million for info resulting in his arrest on suspicion of fentanyl trafficking and cash laundering.
Figueroa was one of many masterminds of an notorious conflict with the authorities in 2019 within the metropolis of Culiacan, Harfuch mentioned.
