A top leader at the Cartel del Noroeste (CDN) will remain in pre-trial arrest after being captured this week, a Mexican judge determined. Concretely, Ricardo "N," also known as "El Ricky" will remain behind bars for at least a month until his next hearing. He is being held at the Altiplano prison, a maximum security facility that has held other top drug lords such as Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán.
Arrested on Monday, "El Ricky" has been charged with carrying firearms exclusively used by the Army. Authorities have detailed he has led several attacks on law enforcement, including one on the Mexican Army on August of last year, where two soldiers were killed and five others sustained injuries. He is also being investigated for extortion and homicide, as well as an attack on Nuevo Leon law enforcement where six officers were killed.
