1/5/2022
Mexican Police Kills Crime Boss after Mass Prison Break.
The attackers managed to set at least 25 inmates of the prison free, including Ernesto Alfredo Piñón de la Cruz, alias “El Neto,” the alleged leader of the Mexicles – a criminal group linked to the much bigger Sinaloa Cartel. El Neto had since 2010 been serving a sentence of more than 200 years for kidnapping at least 30 people.
Following the mass escape, authorities launched a large-scale manhunt that turned international when authorities informed U.S. law enforcement that they suspected the fleeing prisoners will try to cross the border into the United States.
However, police found El Neto and several other prisoners in the Aztecas region in central Mexico. The crime boss managed to flee the scene in a vehicle but then crashed into a gas station from where he opened fire at officers only to be injured himself in the shootout.
He died shortly after he was detained. The incident left another two officers and four suspected criminals dead.
Meanwhile, the Chihuahua State Attorney General’s Office dismissed on Tuesday the manager of the prison El Neto and others had escaped from.
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