TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico”•Mexican authorities arrested 48 alleged members of the powerful Jalisco New Generation drug cartel in raids near the Guatemalan border, prosecutors in the state of Chiapas said Thursday.
The raids were carried out by state and federal police and the army as the suspects traveled to Guatemala, said district prosecutor Javier Lopez Gonzalez.
Authorities seized vehicles, guns and 5.7-caliber bullets known as “police killers.”
Lopez said Jalisco New Generation does not have operations in Chiapas.
The cartel is based in the western state of Jalisco, but has expanded its operations across Mexico as the rival Sinaloa cartel has lost territory since its leader, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was extradited to the United States last year.
Mexico’s cartels have expanded their operations into other Latin American countries in recent years, including Guatemala.
