Drug kingpin 'El Jardinero' transferred to Mexico City after arrest

Mexican authorities announced on Monday the capture of two top criminals, one of them a close ally of the slain founder of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and his potential successor. Audias Flores Silva was El Mencho's "right-hand man" until the latter's death, security analyst David Saucedo told.

He had been charged with forging an alliance between the CJNG and the "Chapitos," the faction of the Sinaloa cartel led by the family of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, Saucedo added, citing US and Mexican intelligence sources. Mexican soldiers transfer Flores, to the Attorney General's Office in Mexico City following his arrest.