Overview
- Federal and special forces captured Ramón Ángel Álvarez Ayala, known as El R‑1, in Jalisco in late July 2026 and moved him to Altiplano maximum‑security prison.
- Prosecutors allege El R‑1 ordered the May 2025 killing of 23‑year‑old influencer Valeria Márquez, saying his son had threatened her after their breakup and asked for the attack to be carried out.
- Authorities say forensic evidence and encrypted phone records tied El R‑1 and members of his cell, known as Los Rs, to the Zapopan livestream shooting and to the November 2025 assassination of Uruapan mayor Carlos Manzo.
- Investigators have arrested an alleged co‑perpetrator, Iván Martín 'N', but the suspected shooter who entered the salon and El R‑1’s son remain at large and Jalisco officials have raised security alerts.
- The case underscores the CJNG’s reach into violent enforcement and local politics and officials warn the arrests could lead to further operations and possible retaliatory violence in the region.