Mexican Authorities Arrest Two Cartel Operatives Linked to the Murder Attempt of Top Security Official Garcia Harfuch

Roland Alberto Muñoz, an alleged associate of the La Linea and Jalisco cartels, was turned in to the U.S. Marshals in El Paso (Credit: Via Infobae/Chihuahua Attorney General's Office)

Multi-agency operations in Mexico led to the arrests of two men wanted by the U.S. Marshals for drug and firearm trafficking crimes. Both suspects are also linked to the 2020 murder attempt of Omar Garcia Harfuch, Mexico's current top security official and head of the Secretariat of Security and Civilian Protection (SSPC).

Roland Alberto Muñoz, identified as an associate for the La Línea and Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) cartels, was arrested on March 4 in the state of Chihuahua near a motel along the Chihuahua-Cuauhtémoc highway.