Cancun, Quintana Roo — Authorities have arrested three more alleged members of a criminal cell that operated from the Tierra Maya neighborhood, bringing the total number of detainees to 12, the Quintana Roo State Prosecutor’s Office announced Monday.
The suspects were identified as Mauricio, alias “Morelia”; Álvaro, alias “Güero”; and Darwin Gaspar, alias “Chaparro.” The cell used Tierra Maya as a base for drug sales, motorcycle theft, and planning homicides, prosecutors said.
State Prosecutor Raciel López Salazar said the arrests are part of an ongoing investigation into a series of crimes in the city. The alleged leader of the organization, Eddy Onassis “N,” was previously arrested and has been formally charged.
Darwin Gaspar, alias “Chaparro,” is also under investigation for his alleged involvement in the murder of Julio César, who was shot to death inside his home in the Paraíso Maya neighborhood on June 20.
All three detainees have been formally charged and are being held in preventive detention at the Cancun Social Reintegration Center (Cereso) while the investigation and legal proceedings continue.
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