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Mexico City Raids Net Four Suspected UJ40 Members Linked to La Unión Tepito

Officials cast the raids as a push to cut La Unión Tepito’s local supply lines.

Overview

  • The SSC and city prosecutors executed three simultaneous search warrants Tuesday in Venustiano Carranza, detaining four people identified as part of the UJ40 cell.
  • Investigators said the detainees are Alma Wendy Sandoval, Carlos Iván Herrera Torres, Luis González Nolasco and Kevin Antuano Juárez.
  • The operation followed citizen complaints and weeks of fixed and mobile surveillance, with the Navy and the National Guard providing support.
  • Officers seized cocaine-like doses, marijuana, cartridges and magazines, and they sealed three sites used for storage and packing in the Morelos and Simón Bolívar neighborhoods.
  • Authorities link UJ40 to La Unión Tepito and identify a leader known as El Irving, who was arrested in September but was not part of Tuesday’s detentions, as the case moves to the Ministerio Público.