Overview
- José Antonio Cortés Huerta, detained Monday in Nuevo León, is accused of leading a cell linked to the Cártel del Noreste, according to Security Minister Omar García Harfuch.
- Four searches in San Pedro Garza García, Monterrey and Allende turned up ten guns, drugs, cash, eleven vehicles, six motorcycles, computers and seven captive tigers.
- Agents from the Navy, federal security forces and prosecutors carried out the coordinated operation and dismantled the cell’s sites, officials said.
- Cortés Huerta and a 41‑year‑old woman are in federal prosecutor custody, and a separate wildlife case opened because the tigers lacked required permits.
- Investigators traced the probe to a prior ship seizure in Tamaulipas and properties linked to Roberto Blanco Cantú, as authorities scrutinize a cross‑border fuel‑smuggling scheme and a cartel the U.S. labeled a terrorist group in 2025.