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Vehículos y agentes federales en una carretera al amanecer con cinta de acordonamiento desenfocada en primer plano y montañas con niebla
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El General, alleged Nuevo Imperio leader, dies in Mexico raid

According to Omar García Harfuch, Edgar Aarón N, alias El General, alleged leader and founder of the Cártel Nuevo Imperio, died after opening fire on federal…

--- The context --- Edgar Aarón N, known as El General or El Lic, was identified by the authorities as the leader and founder of the Cártel Nuevo Imperio. According to what officials reported, he was under investigation for organised crime and for a chain of serious offences. --- The facts --- According to Omar García Harfuch, head of the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection, the alleged criminal chief died after opening fire on federal agents during an operation deployed in the State of Mexico, Morelos and Mexico City to execute an arrest warrant against him for organised crime. Harfuch said the agents were met with gunfire and that, in repelling the attack, they shot him down. The operation was coordinated by the Attorney General Office, the National Intelligence Centre and the authorities of the State of Mexico and the capital. --- The positions --- According to the official information, the deceased was being investigated for alleged kidnapping, extortion, homicide, dispossession, money laundering, fuel theft and drug trafficking towards the United States and Canada. Harfuch detailed that El General had been identified as the alleged mastermind of the homicide of Milton Morales Figueroa, a senior police commander and collaborator of the Secretariat murdered on 21 July 2024. In attributed indirect terms, the security chief said Milton is not forgotten, nor is his commitment to the security of the country, and that honouring his memory means continuing the investigations until all those responsible are brought to justice. --- What remains unknown --- The information released does not specify in which of the deployment areas the confrontation took place, nor what will happen with the structure that, according to the authorities, the deceased headed and with the open investigations into each alleged offence. --- Unanswered questions --- In which exact place within the operation did the confrontation take place? What comes next in the investigations against the network that according to the authorities El General headed? Will there be new arrests linked to the homicide of Milton Morales Figueroa? How will the communities affected by the extortion attributed to that organisation be protected? --- EPM analysis --- This was an alleged criminal chief shot down when, according to the official account, agents repelled an armed attack while executing a court order, after a prior investigation of great scope. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, the death of an alleged criminal leader during an operation only gains meaning if the investigations continue rigorously, with due process for the rest of those accused and with verifiable results for the victims of kidnapping, extortion, homicide and dispossession. The memory of Milton Morales Figueroa, evoked by Harfuch, demands complete justice and not only an armed closure. The coordination between the Attorney General Office, intelligence and local authorities must now show the capacity to dismantle the entire network.
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