The secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, Omar García Harfuch, reported on November 5, 2026 that 38 simultaneous operations in the State of Mexico ended with 32 people detained, among them three identified by the authority as leaders of criminal groups, including the Los Gigan organization, described as linked to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
The deployments took place on the morning of November 5, according to Milenio, and were carried out on the instructions of President Claudia Sheinbaum, in coordination with Governor Delfina Gómez, according to Excélsior. The investigation behind the operation spanned seven months, according to that same report, and among the detainees are two active municipal police officers from Nezahualcóyotl. The case matters for the metropolitan area of the Valley of Mexico because the activities attributed to the group include extortion and the illicit sale of LP gas, a household input whose irregular market operates alongside formal distribution in the conurbated municipalities.
Milenio's report specifies that the operations involved the Secretariat of National Defense, the Secretariat of the Navy, the Attorney General's Office, the National Guard, the National Intelligence Center, the Security Secretariat of the State of Mexico, the Attorney General's Office of the State of Mexico, Petróleos Mexicanos and municipal authorities. The reported seizures include around 178,000 liters of LP gas, firearms, narcotics and vehicles. The authority identified the three alleged leaders by the aliases Miky Juárez, El Gigan and El Pollo, presented as suspected perpetrators of extortion, crimes against health and the illicit sale of fuel. García Harfuch stated: "No public office or union front should be used as protection to commit crimes."
The 32 people were placed at the disposal of the ministerial authorities. The determination of their legal status and the progress of the investigations into the extortion network and the irregular LP gas market mark the next point of follow-up for the conurbated municipalities of the State of Mexico, where the distribution of that fuel directly affects household spending.
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