Mexico's Secretary of Security, Omar García Harfuch, reported on Sunday that alias El Junior, a criminal gang leader, was arrested and was allegedly involved with the criminal group Los Rusos and was involved in an armed attack on federal agents in October 2025.
García Harfuch detailed in an X-message that the arrest occurred in the Acapulco spa, in the state of Guerrero (south), and a suspected hit man died in the operation.
Alias El Junior was identified as a leader of a criminal group linked to Los Rusos, attributed to an armed attack in Acapulco, Guerrero, on 18 October 2025, in which three agents of the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC) were injured and one of the aggressors was shot down.
One day later, on 19 October, six persons related to the attack were arrested, including the alleged intellectual perpetrator of the attack.
With the arrest announced this day, seven people are being arrested for the attack on SSPC agents.
García Harfuch said the attacks «will not go unpunished,» while she thanked the governor of Guerrero, Evelyn Salgado, for her cooperation in strengthening security in the region.
He also indicated that the detainee is related to extortion of traders from the Acapulco Central Market, killings and attacks against carriers.
He added that during the arrest two firearms, cartridges, 300 doses of drugs and a van were secured.
Finally, he noted that the operation was carried out in coordination with the Marina Secretariat and the state authorities.
The southern state of Guerrero remains among the red hotspots of violence in Mexico.
Between January and August 2026, Guerrero concentrated the 5.6 % of the country's malicious murders, according to official figures.
Violence against security forces also persists in the region.
From 4 to 10 September last, at least three officers were killed in Guerrero, within a national balance of 212 police and other security officials killed in the course of the year, according to data from the NGO Causa en Comunda.
