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Priority Target 'El Sapo' Captured in Nogales After 2020 Kidnapping Probe

He was charged in an initial hearing, with proceedings to resume after the constitutional term to decide whether to link him to trial.

Overview

  • State prosecutors say AMIC agents arrested Marco Antonio “N” on March 16 without gunfire in the border city of Nogales.
  • Investigators tie him to a 2020 illegal deprivation of liberty that anchored the case and guided the search.
  • FGJE intelligence links him to narcotics and human trafficking to the United States, as well as kidnappings and homicides against rival groups.
  • He is being held at the local Cereso under judicial authority after being formally accused in an initial hearing, with a decision on vinculación a proceso pending the statutory period.
  • Proceso reports he is a suspected member of Los Gigios, and authorities previously arrested alleged associate “Neto” in October 2025 in the same case.