Mexican state police officers arrested an elusive cartel operator behind numerous terror-style attacks in the border state of Nuevo Leon.
The cartel figure operated in the shadows until Breitbart Texas published his photograph and other details in 2021.
This week, authorities in Nuevo Leon arrested 57-year-old Jose “El Amarillo” Leyva, an operator with the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas. The subject had been leading several squads of gunmen in northern Nuevo Leon, where he would target police forces and rivals. The arrest was carried out by Nuevo Leon’s Fuerza Civil Police based largely on intelligence and investigations started by the State Investigations Agency .
Law enforcement sources revealed to Breitbart Texas that El Amarillo was an elusive figure since he was a local of the region and knew his way around the rural areas. This knowledge also allowed him to move his troops under the radar of law enforcement. Ildefonso Ortiz is an award-winning journalist with Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles project with Brandon Darby and senior Breitbart management. You can follow him on
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