Overview
- - State and federal forces arrested the presumed head of the Loma de Flores cell and two alleged accomplices in Villagrán, seizing firearms, drugs and tactical gear, with prosecutors securing six to seven additional arrest warrants.
- - The January attack in Salamanca left 11 dead at an indoor sporting event, and authorities say active investigations continue to identify and prosecute remaining suspects.
- - In Apaseo el Alto, three men were killed in a shooting at a carwash, underscoring persistent armed attacks reported across Guanajuato this week.
- - In Buenos Aires, a package bomb stored for about four months exploded at the Escuela Superior de Gendarmería, injuring four; the device was addressed to former director Diego Gasparutti and is under a federal antiterrorism probe.
- - Parallel operations targeted urban crime cells: Mexico City authorities detained five in raids on an auto‑parts theft ring as part of a wider effort that netted 36 arrests this year, while in Argentina Mendoza police recaptured two prison escapees after the death of a penitentiary chief and in Lima police probed an extortion‑style shooting and arrested two suspects accused of plotting a hit with a stolen police pistol.