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Sinaloa Cartel leader 'El Cano', 35, arrested after tense shootout at chicken restaurant

The acclaimed leader of the Sinaloa Cartel was captured after the shootout with the cops led to the death of two people

Sinaloa Cartel's leader Alan Ervey Juárez Castillo, also known as El Cano was dramatically arrested on Tuesday, January 18. This arrest took place in a chicken shop located in Guadalupe, Mexico. 

The acclaimed leader of the Sinaloa Cartel was captured after the shootout with the cops led to the death of two people. As of now, seven people including El Cano are being held. El Cano, 35, had an arrest warrant under the charge of aggravated kidnapping. 

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El Cano was captured while he was having dinner with his family at a restaurant situated in Colonia Valle Soleado, in Guadalupe. Police had multiple outstanding warrants on the charges of kidnapping and aggravated homicide among others. Alan Ervey Juárez Castillo, also known as El Cano is confirmed to be arrested by the Center for Comprehensive Coordination, Control, Command, Communications and Computing of the State of Nuevo León. The arrest of the man also known as “Comandante Cano” and “Don Cano” have resulted in the arrest of two assassins, the arrest of one, as well as an officer of the State Investigation Agency injured, all this was published by La Voz Del Pueblo (Official) on the Twitter account “@LPueblo2”.

In addition to Nuevo Leon, the Secretary of Public Security, Aldo Fasci revealed last month that other organized crime groups are currently functional in Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel, Northeast Cartel, Gulf Cartel, Sinaloa Cartel and the Beltrán Leyva Cartel. Fasci added, "The Jalisco Cartel has a very clear fight against the Sinaloa Cartel and against other groups, so since there is a threat that Jalisco will enter Nuevo León and Tamaulipas, the other big cartels have set up camp in certain rural areas."

He continued by saying, "And one of them that sells to the locals and that had a presence here, which is basically Sinaloa, is taking advantage of it… so we have to confirm whether that is true or not because what we want to avoid is a war here." 

El Cano's arrest is also being linked to the homicide of three men whose bodies were found with traces of violence and a narco-card on Bosque y Roble avenue in the Portal del Norte neighborhood of the Zuazua municipality, on December 17, 2021, reports El Financiero. The discovery of these three bodies took place just hours after Nancy Gutiérrez took office as Zuazua mayor after winning the election back in November. Borderland Beat wrote of the incident last year, how a police source reported to Sur Acapulco newspaper that the deceased men were found to have their hands and feet bound, as well as displaying signs of torture and coup de grâce (killing shots to the head). Their bodies were said to be wrapped in clear plastic. Photos of the alleged sign were translated by Sol Prendido:

"This message goes out to all the "chapulines" (literally "grasshopper", this is a slang term for an individual that jumps from group to group). The clean up has begun. Pure Sinaloa.
Sincerely,
Commander Cano"

It is well known that the Sinaloa Cartel is one of the most brutal drug trafficking and crime groups that is believed to have started as early as towards the end of the 1980s. Called one of the most powerful groups, it was previously led by Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman. In 2019, Guzman was jailed for life. As per the US Office of Public Affairs, Guzman was a "principal leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, a Mexico-based international drug trafficking organisation responsible for importing and distributing more than a million kilograms of cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamine and heroin in the US."