“Sol Prendido” for Borderland Beat  The man was arrested in 2025 during an operation in Durango where authorities seized fentanyl, cocaine, and weaponry. The Attorney General's Office (FGR) announced that it has secured a sentence of 10 years and 10 months in prison against Samuel “N”—alias “El Sierra”—whom authorities have identified as a financial operative and second-in-command of a criminal group affiliated with the Los Chapitos faction of the Sinaloa Cartel. According to the agency, the conviction was the result of investigations and evidence presented by the Specialized Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime, which established his culpability in crimes related to the possession of firearms, magazines, and ammunition designated for the exclusive use of the Armed Forces, as well as the possession of narcotics with intent to distribute.

By "El Huaso" for Borderland Beat Isaí Martínez Zepeda, the nephew of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán's and a high ranking Los Chapitos officer involved in synthetic drug trafficking, was arrested by Mexican security forces in Colonia Casa Blanca of Nogales, Sonora. Zepeda is identified as a high ranking officer of the 'Los Chapitos' faction, in charge of producing and distributing synthetic drugs to the United States and Costa Rica. He has an extradition order from the United States.

By "El Huaso" for Borderland Beat State security forces arrested Gabriel Nicolás Martínez Larios, alias "Gabito" or "El 80", a high ranking officer of the Los Chapitos faction of the Sinaloa Cartel last night in Mazatlán. The operation happened around 8:30 p.m. on Monday, June 1, in the Real del Valle residential complex in Mazatlán, by agents of the Sinaloa State Public Security Secretariat.

An individual has been accused of connections to Los Chapitos and cartel narcotics operations.