Drug lord Sadovnik, estimated by the United States at $ 5 million, was detained in Mexico.

A drug lord nicknamed the Gardener ("El Hardinero") was detained in Mexico, and a reward of $5 million was promised in the United States for his capture. This was announced on April 28 by the country's Minister of Security Omar Garcia Harfush.

Footage of the detention of one of the leaders of the country's largest drug cartel has spread on social networks. Armed Mexican Navy special forces soldiers and helicopters trapped the Gardener, then surrounded and tied him up.

"Audias Flores Silva, known as "El Hardinero," was detained in Nayarit. He has an arrest warrant in Mexico, and he is also wanted by the United States authorities for extradition," the minister said in a message on his page on the social network X (ex. Twitter)

Flores was listed as the regional commander of the Jalisco New Generation cartel and controlled vast territories along Mexico's Pacific coast. The Mexican Defense Ministry stressed that Sadovnik's detention was a serious blow to the cartel.

After the drug lord's arrest, his associates set mass arson: clouds of smoke engulfed local shops, buildings and cars.

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On March 18, Omar Garcia Harfush reported on the detention in Mexico City of the leader of one of Ecuador's largest criminal gangs, Los Lobos. According to Harfusha, the detainee is on the international wanted list through Interpol. He is involved in drug trafficking, extortion, and murder. The South American authorities consider him a key person involved in the murder of the former presidential candidate of Ecuador.