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Analysts say the Sinaloa Cartel now controls Ciudad Juarez after a battle with the Carrillo Fuentes group (AFP/File, Jesus Alcazar) |
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Two alleged senior members of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel who are wanted by the US Drug Enforcement Agency were arrested in Mexico's crime capital Ciudad Juarez, officials said.
The two suspects, identified as Fernando Arellano Romero and Daniel Franco Lopez, were arrested by a special Chihuahua state police unit late Monday along with a woman who "attempted to hide several firearms," the state prosecutor's office said. She was identified as Lopez's wife and Arellano Romero's niece.
Two other men also wanted by US officials however escaped during the operation, state officials said, identifying them only by their nicknames.
Lopez and Arellano Romero "appear on a list of more than 20 members of that organization published by the DEA," the state prosecutor's office said.
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