WHAT AN EMBARRASSMENT: Dangerous criminal hid in a sewer: Video of the arrest of the leader of the Jalisco New Generation cartel
Dramatic footage shows the moment one of the leading figures of the Jalisco New Generation drug cartel was found hiding in a storm drain after being located by Mexican special forces.
TL;DR
- Audias Flores Silva, alias 'El Jardinero', a leader of the Jalisco New Generation cartel, was arrested.
- The U.S. had placed a $5 million bounty on Flores Silva.
- He was apprehended after a large military operation involving over 500 soldiers, six helicopters, and multiple aircraft.
- Flores Silva was found hiding in a drainage ditch.
- He was a close associate of the cartel's founder, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias 'El Mencho'.
- Flores Silva was reportedly responsible for alliances between the CJNG and the 'Chapitos' faction of the Sinaloa cartel.
- He was considered a potential successor to 'El Mencho'.