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Mexican special forces arrest top commander of powerful cartel

Audias Flores, known as “El Jardinero”, is a regional commander in control of swathes of CJNG

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Audias Flores, known as “El Jardinero”, one of the top commanders of the powerful Jalisco

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Jalisco new generation cartel, and arrested Audias Flores, who was a possible successor. *With Associated Press*

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Audias Flores, alias “El Jardinero”, being hauled from a [drainage pipe](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/28/mexican-special-forces-arrest-top-commander-audias-flores-el-jardinero-of-powerful-cartel) he had tried