Humberto Rodríguez Coronel, alias "El Canelo," alleged regional leader of the cartel Pacific was arrested in Durango. He is a nephew of deceased Ignacio Coronel Villarreal, "Nacho Coronel" a former leader of Sinaloa Cartel killed in 2010.
Staff of the Secretariat of the Navy-Mariines of Mexico (Semar) arrested six people accused of kidnapping, forced disappearances, drug trafficking and distribution of drugs into the United States. Humberto Rodríguez Coronel , alias " el Canelo" regional chief of the Pacific cartel was among the arrested
Semar said the arrest happened yesterday at 436 General Matías Pazuengo Street, in the subdivision Sahop, Durango.
The other detainees include the brother of "el Canelo," César Alejandro Rodríguez Coronel, alias "el Boch," Flavio Ayala Mendoza , "el Lalo," Jesus Hilario Nevarez Peña, "el Pepe", and Ricardo Gutiérrez Trinidad, alias " el Richard."
Humberto Rodríguez Colonel "el Canelo" is from Canelas, Durango, and is regarded as presumably responsible for homicide, kidnapping and distributing drugs in the state, and its transferring them to the northern neighbor. Along with the detained criminal suspects, they also also seized three R-15 rifles, two AK 47 magazines for different handguns, 85 cartridges for different guns and 175 cartridges for AK 47. There was also a bag containing white powder characteristic of cocaine, a bag of a granulated powdered synthetic drug characteristic of meth, and two bags of dark masa colored powder with characteristics of heroin.