After receiving a tip that one of Mexico's top crime bosses never slept at the same place for two nights in a row, Mexican authorities cased four homes for 72 hours before launching a raid that led to the arrest of the capo known as 'El Marro' and several of his associates, officials said on Tuesday.
Members of the federal forces flank Jose Antonio Yepez, known as"el Marro" , boss of the Santa Rosa de Lima cartel, after being captured early Sunday in the Franco Tavera village, in Guanajuato, Mexico August 2, 2020. Picture taken August 2, 2020. Guanajuato Attorney General's Office/Handout via REUTERS
The capture on Sunday of alleged drug trafficker and fuel thief Jose Antonio Yepez, alias “El Marro,” or “The Mallet,” has removed one of the two bosses battling for control of Guanajuato state, an industrial powerhouse clouded by bloody gang wars. “Considering the information that ‘El Marro’ didn’t sleep two nights in the same place, also the presence of [a black truck and food delivery] to that address that confirmed the tip we had,” leading authorities to obtain search warrants, Sandoval said.
To capture Yepez, the government of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, sent in two fully-manned Cougar helicopters, unmanned drones and hundreds of soldiers.
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