Leaders of "Los Macas", a criminal group, were arrested in Yucatán

MEXICO CITY.- On this Thursday afternoon they arrived at Terminal 2 of the capital airport Israel “N” and Miguel “N”leaders of criminal group “Los Macas” or “Los Cor”which operates in the State of Mexico, who were detained in Yucatan.

As they are considered highly dangerousthe subjects were transferred in a convoy to the Special Affairs Prosecutor’s Office located in Toluca, the Mexican capital.

Known as “El Maca” or “El M1” and “Mogul” or “El M2” They were escorted by elements of the Secretariat of National Defense, the National Antihomicide Commission and the Prosecutor’s Office of the State of Mexico, after their capture by means of arrest warrant for homicide.

However, they also investigate those arrested for crimes of kidnapping, extortion and drug dealing.

Leaders of “Los Macas”, a criminal group from Edomex, are arrested in Yucatán

According to the Attorney General’s Office of the State of Mexico (FGJEM), the “Los Macas” criminal cell is linked to the murder of a Cuban doctor.

Furthermore, they are identified as generators of violence in Coacalco, Tutltepec, Tultitlán, Ecatepec, Cuautitlán, Tecámac and Nextlalpan.

It indicates that Israel “N” and Miguel “N”, considered priority objectives, were apprehended yesterday afternoon during their transfer in the port of Progreso, in Yucatán.

It should be noted that the Yucatecan authorities reported that the arrest occurred in Mérida.

The criminal leaders were certified by the Yucatan Prosecutor’s Office and they would be presented before the Agent of the Public Ministry and later before a judge in the State of Mexico to define their legal situation.

They present leaders of “Los Macas” detained in Yucatán

Later, Israel “N” and Miguel “N” were presented to the Prosecutor’s Office of the State of Mexico and transferred to the Chiconautla prison, where they will begin their legal process.

Criminal group “Los Macas” or “Los Cor”

The criminal group would have Origin in the Granjas Cor de Coacalco neighborhoodhence the name “Los Cor”, points out the FGJEM, and in the homicides that could be involved they left intimidating messages signed by “The Company”.

Israel, “El M1”, and his brother Miguel, “El M2”, would have murdered two people on November 1, 2017, shooting them in the Obrera Jajalpa neighborhood, in Ecatepec.

Another investigation by the Mexican Prosecutor’s Office indicates that the criminal gang participated in the murder of a doctor of Cuban nationality and two other peopleon August 12, 2022, in a hospital in Ecatepec.

From that fact, they captured Ramón “N”, who in May 2023 received a sentence of 70 years in prison for the qualified homicide of the three people.

Members of “Los Macas” detained in the State of Mexico

“As part of the actions that the Prosecutor’s Office of the State of Mexico has carried out against the criminal group calling itself ‘Los Macas’, in July 2022, together with the Sedena, National Guard and State Security Secretariat, seven were arrested. of its members, in addition They seized narcotics and firearms for exclusive use of the Army”, details the FGJEM.

In that action, carried out in the Granjas Cor de Coacalco neighborhood, they arrested David “N”, Octavio Yosimar “N”, Aldo “N”, Horacio Octavio “N”, Viridiana “N”, Juan Esteban “N” and Alejandro “ “N.”

They are linked to process by crimes against health and with preventive detention inside the Penitentiary and Social Reintegration Center of Ecatepec.