{"id":39901,"date":"2025-07-24T10:47:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T10:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/mexico-busts-cartel-linked-extortion-ring-in-historic-crackdown-exotic-animals-and-cars-seized\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T10:47:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T10:47:41","slug":"mexico-busts-cartel-linked-extortion-ring-in-historic-crackdown-exotic-animals-and-cars-seized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/mexico-busts-cartel-linked-extortion-ring-in-historic-crackdown-exotic-animals-and-cars-seized\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico busts cartel-linked extortion ring in historic crackdown; exotic animals and cars seized"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Mexico&#8217;s government said Wednesday it had dismantled a criminal group behind a massive extortion scheme in the biggest such operation to date.<\/p>\n<p>The gang, with ties to a major drug cartel, had operated out of the central State of Mexico, extorting companies and individuals in 14 municipalities and controlling labor unions in the construction, mining, agriculture and parcel delivery industries.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Combating this criminal group was an urgent need to protect the local economy and the peace of thousands of families,&#8221; said Mexico&#8217;s Security Secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch.<\/p>\n<p>The crackdown \u2014 dubbed Operation &#8220;Liberacion&#8221; \u2014 saw nearly 3,000 security personnel carry out 52 raids, resulting in eight arrests of people believed to be the gang&#8217;s leaders, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OGHarfuch\/posts\/pfbid0314L5pZ2MUH5Q7CdsMpqaMXUVJdzBhYydn5727MQdyfEYsYYmUfFnHUk2e1s4UnHjl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Garcia Harfuch said<\/a> on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Police also seized stolen farm and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/lions-elephants-narco-pets-animals-cartel-violence-mexico-culiacan\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">exotic animals<\/a><\/span>, meat, tons of construction materials, and vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Garcia Harfuch said it was &#8220;the largest&#8221; operation ever carried out against extortion gangs, which are notorious and widespread in Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This case is a clear example of what we can achieve when there is willingness, collaboration and a shared commitment to justice,&#8221; Garcia Harfach said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OGHarfuch\/posts\/pfbid0HtLrKUXd1kFWpdJAFMBiXWHwR48ULXS7E9feudiRVyKJApWj16MwvCRNXTcR5mtxl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">statement<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1450317469440341\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">video<\/a> released by authorities showed officers carrying out multiple raids across Mexico on July 21.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/24\/3e65e9f0-9154-47a7-985a-672d71673bc7\/thumbnail\/620x396\/e651d50af5a34093a13f6aa1c308c45f\/extortion-screenshot-2025-07-24-061314.png#\" alt=\"extortion-screenshot-2025-07-24-061314.png \" height=\"396\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/24\/3e65e9f0-9154-47a7-985a-672d71673bc7\/thumbnail\/620x396\/e651d50af5a34093a13f6aa1c308c45f\/extortion-screenshot-2025-07-24-061314.png 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Mexico&#8217;s government said Wednesday it had dismantled a criminal group behind a massive extortion scheme in the biggest such operation to date.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Mexico Security Secretary<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cartels in many parts of Mexico have expanded into kidnapping and\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mexico-cartel-deaths-threats-makeshift-wi-fi-narco-antennas\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">extortion<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to increase their income, demanding money from residents and business owners and threatening to kidnap or kill them if they refuse.<\/p>\n<p>Last July,\u00a0 a Mexican fisheries industry leader who complained of drug cartel extortion and illegal fishing was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/minerva-perez-killed-fisheries-leader-complained-cartel-extortion-shot-dead-mexico\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">shot to death<\/a><\/span> in the northern border state of Baja California. 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