05 MAR

Mexico arrests MS-13 leader, busting the gang’s latest attempt to start an international drug-trafficking pipeline

REUTERS/Jose Cabezas

Mexico authorities have arrested an MS13 leader in Tijuana, disrupting another attempt by the gang to create a small international drug trafficking pipeline into the United States.

No official announcement has been made, and details are still trickling in, but the arrest of Mara Salvatrucha (MS13) leader Nelson Alexander Flores, alias “Mula,” took place in the last few days, a US law enforcement official who requested anonymity because he did not have authorization to speak to the media, told InSight Crime.

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