{"id":8105,"date":"2025-05-25T12:25:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T12:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/invest360pro.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/25\/key-cartel-member-with-1-million-us-bounty-on-his-head-is-killed-says-mexican-government\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T12:25:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T12:25:12","slug":"key-cartel-member-with-1-million-us-bounty-on-his-head-is-killed-says-mexican-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/invest360pro.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/25\/key-cartel-member-with-1-million-us-bounty-on-his-head-is-killed-says-mexican-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Key cartel member with $1 million US bounty on his head is killed, says Mexican government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmb2vytz7004p27p3ek92basd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Jorge Humberto Figueroa Ben\u00edtez, identified by the United States government as a key member of the \u201cLos Chapitos\u201d criminal organization, died during an operation aimed at capturing him in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, the country\u2019s Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection Omar Garc\u00eda Harfuch said Saturday.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmb2vzl0n00053b6my3r68p11@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The operation against Figueroa Benitez, known by the nickname \u201cEl Perris,\u201d took place in Navolato, 32 kilometers (19 miles) from Culiac\u00e1n, the state\u2019s capital, according to local media.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmb2vzl0n00063b6mf07navwx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was offering up to $1 million for Figueroa Benitez, who was wanted for alleged federal crimes, including conspiracy to import and traffic fentanyl, possession of machine guns and destructive devices, and money laundering conspiracy.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmb2vzl0n00073b6mfthq5l4w@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            In 2019, the city of Culiac\u00e1n was the scene of a violent episode known as the \u201cCuliacanazo,\u201d which involved violent armed clashes following the temporary capture of Ovidio Guzm\u00e1n Lopez, one of the sons of Joaqu\u00edn \u201cEl Chapo\u201d Guzm\u00e1n. Ovidio was later released by Mexican authorities, arguing that it was to \u201csave lives.\u201d    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jorge Humberto Figueroa Ben\u00edtez, identified by the United States government as a key member of the \u201cLos Chapitos\u201d criminal organization, died during an operation aimed at capturing him in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8106,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/invest360pro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/invest360pro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/invest360pro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invest360pro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invest360pro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/invest360pro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invest360pro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/invest360pro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invest360pro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invest360pro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}