Mexican prosecutors announced the arrest of an alleged leader of a drug gang for the 2018 murder of a YouTuber known as “Nana Pelucas” in Acapulco.
The Guerrero state prosecutors office said Edgar Saúl, also known as “El Negro Pipa” was the second in command at the Independent Cartel of Acapulco (Cida).
In a statement, Guerrero authorities said the criminal was arrested in Puebla. The criminal faces homicide and extortion charges.
One day before his arrest, authorities announced the arrest of José Ángel Galeana Palacios, also known as “El Capuchino,” the leader of the Cida. He faces homicide, kidnapping, and extortion charges in Acapulco.
Recommended: Gunmen killed journalist Pablo Morrugares and his bodyguard in Guerrero
Authorities arrested the criminal in Panindícuaro, Michoacán.
According to authorities, “El Capuchino” is linked to the Beltrán Leyva Cartel. The Independent Cartel of Acapulco is the Beltrán Leyva branch that operates in Acapulco .
The Acapulco gang traffics and sells drugs, and extorts businesses. Furthermore, the Cida operates at Las Cruces prison.
The local gang is known for paying merchants and public transport drivers to block roads when inmates are transported to other prisons.
The Independent Cartel of Acapulco was involved in the murder of 28 inmates at Las Cruces prison in July 2017.
Recommended: Journalist Víctor Fernando Álvarez was murdered in Acapulco
The victim, Leslie Ann Pamela Montenegro, was known by her YouTube persona as “Nana Pelucas.”
Before her death, she had been threatened by a drug gang over her YouTube channel and its commentary on local events in the resort city. She was shot to death by men who walked into a restaurant she ran near Acapulco’s tourist zone.
Montenegro used a big wig and glasses to deliver chatty, comic commentary and criticisms, some concerning the local government.
It is not the first time YouTube stars, bloggers, and other people who post on social media have been targeted by drug gangs in Mexico, for allegedly revealing information about their activities.
In 2011, a woman who used social media to report on local events was found decapitated by a drug cartel in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas.
gm