US announces $10m reward for information on Sinaloa Cartel leaders René, Alfonso Arzate-García

The United States authorities has announced a combined reward of up to $10 cardinal for accusation starring to the apprehension oregon condemnation of Mexican cause cartel figures René Arzate-García and his brother, Alfonso Arzate-García.

In a connection released connected Friday, the U.S. Department of State said each member carries a bounty of up to $5 cardinal nether its Narcotics Rewards Program, citing their alleged enactment roles wrong the notorious Sinaloa Cartel.

Authorities identified René, besides known arsenic “La Rana,” and Alfonso, alias “Aquiles,” arsenic long-time operators of the Tijuana trafficking corridor, commonly referred to arsenic the “Tijuana Plaza,” which investigators accidental they person controlled for astir 15 years.

According to U.S. officials, the brothers maintained dominance implicit cartel activities done convulsive enforcement, strategical alliances, and alleged links to corrupt governmental and law-enforcement networks.

Despite sustained unit from information agencies, they are believed to stay influential figures successful cross-border narcotics trafficking.

The State Department noted that the brace play a important relation successful the question of illicit drugs, including fentanyl, into American communities, describing the trafficking web arsenic a large n...