Cartel leader with 1 million US bounty killed on his head in Mexico

Jorge Humberto “El Perris” Figueroa, a Sinaloa cartel member that El Chapo's son Ovidio Guzman is in the internal conflict of the cartel Loyal, was killed in a shot with Mexican authorities during an attempt to arrest. New York Post reported. Figueroa, part of the “El Chapitos” faction, released Mexican military personnel on Friday, which, according to the government, asked the fatal reaction.

Operation Targeting Figueroa occurred Cnn. Remarkably, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) had offered a reward of 1 million US dollars for Figueroa who had been looking for alleged federal crimes such as fentanyl trade, possession of machine guns and destructive devices and money laundering.

“An operation was carried out as part of the strategy for building peace in Sinaloa to arrest Jorge Humberto, alias el Perris,” wrote the State Secretary of Mexico, Omar Garcia Haröuch, about X.

Como Parte de la Estrategia Para Construir La Paz en Sinaloa, se llevó a cabo una operación para detener a Jorge Humberto “n”, alias “El Perris”, elementos de @Defensamx1 Fueron fuert mentions atacados por hombres armados, por lo que tras repeler la agesión, en legítima defensa, … pic.twitter.com/etyymk6d9dg

– Omar h Garcia Harde (@oHarfuch) May 24, 2025

“This person will be identified in 2019 as one of the main orchestors of the attacks on the authorities in Culiacan. In addition, it is also related to murders and kidnappings that influenced the peace and calm of the Sinaloa Society,” added Harfuch.

In the intensive showdown of 2019, Ovidio Guzman Lopez 'arrest triggered violent clashes between the Sinaloa cartel and the Mexican security forces. The cartel, which was allegedly led by El Perris, was more numerous and handed over the authorities in Culiacan. In the middle of the chaos, the Mexican authorities Ovidio Guzman Lopez left free to prevent further bloodshed. However, he was redesigned, delivered to the USA in 2023 and now served a lifelong prison sentence. He recently concluded a contract with the US government to bring 17 family members, including El Chapo's ex-wife.