Authorities in Mexico announced the arrest of a top terrorist cartel boss in the western state of Jalisco after a fierce shootout. In that shootout, the feared crime boss was injured and had to be rushed to a local hospital, where he remains under heavy guard. Authorities also arrested 19 of his gunmen and close allies.
\n\nThe arrest happened on Sunday in Zapopan, Jalisco, where Mexican security forces sent out a large-scale deployment to capture Rafael “R2” Alvarez Ayala, the current leader of the “Rs” cell of the terrorist organization Cartel Jalisco New Generation.
\n\nCredit: Mexico’s Security Cabinet
\n\nInformation provided to Breitbart Texas by Mexico’s Security cabinet revealed that Mexico’s Navy infantrymen tracked the cartel boss down to a restaurant in Zapopan during the attempt to serve a warrant. When the troops arrived at the location, his security forces clashed with authorities, setting off a fierce shootout in which one naval infantryman sustained a minor injury from a gunshot.
\n\nIt was in that shootout that Alvarez sustained various gunshot wounds. After the confrontation, military personnel rushed Alvarez to a local hospital and arrested his gunmen.
\n\nMexico’s top security official Omar Garcia Harfuch announced the arrest on social media.
\n\nThe man…
Original source: https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/
