Overview
- Mexican naval special forces arrested Audias Flores Silva, known as El Jardinero, in Nayarit without shots fired.
- The capture, announced Monday, followed 19 months of surveillance and information sharing with U.S. agencies.
- Officials said the United States is seeking his extradition after a $5 million reward was offered for his capture.
- Authorities said he was found hiding in an evacuation duct as his security detail scattered, after a deployment that used four helicopters and more than 500 troops.
- In a separate action the same day, Tamaulipas authorities detained Alexander Benavides Flores, or R9, prompting brief cartel roadblocks in Reynosa that were later cleared without reported casualties.