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The arrests of leading cartel figures—Jose Kobo Insunza and Kevin Alonso—occurred in northwest Mexico and are seen as a response to mounting US pressure over drug trafficking and violence, especially the influx of fentanyl into the United States. Insunza, implicated in overseeing the trafficking of cocaine and fentanyl linked to the Los Chapitos faction of the Caloa, was indicted earlier in Chicago, emphasizing US coordination.
Mexico’s President Claudia Shinal criticized the US move as an overreach, worried it might be used as a justification for unilateral military intervention. Trump previously floated the idea of deploying troops against cartels, a plan met with fierce domestic resistance in Mexico.