Mexican Security Forces Arrest Top Assassin for Sinaloa Cartel, Praised by U.S. President Joe Biden

Mexican security forces have arrested a top assassin for the Sinaloa Cartel, once led by Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas, known as “El Nini”, was detained at a walled compound in Culiacan, Mexico on Wednesday afternoon.

The arrest registry from the Public Safety Department states that Pérez Salas was taken into custody at 1:30 p.m. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration had previously offered a $3 million reward for his capture.

The arrest was praised by U.S. President Joe Biden, who met with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in San Francisco last week. Biden stated that “both our countries are safer with him behind bars and facing justice for his crimes.”

Mike Vigil, former chief of international operations for the DEA, commented on the arrest, saying “this guy was a complete psychopath.” He went on to say that Pérez Salas was “a very dangerous individual” and that his arrest was “a big blow to the Sinaloa Cartel.”

The U.S. is now working to extradite Pérez Salas to face charges in the United States. The arrest is a major victory in the fight against the Sinaloa Cartel and a sign of the strong cooperation between the U.S. and Mexico.