Overview
- Authorities confirmed Bazán-Salinas was detained on March 5 in Salamanca, Guanajuato, in a coordinated action involving HSI/ICE and Mexico’s FGR.
- ICE says he is linked to the Gulf Cartel and wanted for moving multi‑kilogram shipments of cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana into the United States.
- HSI led the investigation with support from its Monterrey, Matamoros and Beaumont offices, the FGR via Interpol, the DEA, the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Corpus Christi Police Department.
- Mexico’s detention registry records the arrest at 6:40 a.m. and notes he was presented to a judge at the Reclusorio Norte; officials have not announced next legal steps or an extradition timeline.
- U.S. Ambassador Ronald Johnson hailed the arrest as a sign of stronger cross‑border cooperation following other recent strikes on cartel leadership, including the February operation that killed “El Mencho.”