Overview
- State officials say the confrontation erupted on Federal Highway 54 near the Aguilar family’s El Soyate ranch after authorities detained four suspects, including alleged CJNG plaza chief “El Braca.”
- The Zacatecas prosecutor detailed a ground evacuation in the artists’ own vehicles with police accompaniment to the airport, rejecting claims of a government helicopter extraction.
- Video published by journalist Carlos Jiménez shows federal and state forces escorting the singers to their aircraft, corroborating the official account of the exit.
- Authorities reported seizures from the operation, including long guns, magazines, ballistic vests, tire-puncturing devices, explosives, a vehicle, and suspected drugs.
- Officials emphasized the couple were not targets and were unharmed, noted that Pepe Aguilar was not present, and the pair later reappeared publicly, including a Cancun gathering that drew social-media criticism.