Cancun, Q.R. — A fugitive from Quintana Roo on the run since 2018 has been taken into custody in the neighboring state of Yucatan. The Secretary of Public Security (SSP) Yucatan says fugitive Francisco Javier “N” was captured in a highway police filter Friday and returned to the state.
The fugitive, an alleged leader of a criminal cell operating in Quintana Roo, was arrested from a police filter along a section of Merida-Cancun highway. According to the SSP, the 36 year old from Tabasco is wanted in Quintana Roo for multiple offenses including firearms, extortion and homicide.
In a Saturday statement, the Secretaría de Seguridad Pública (SSP) said “the leader of a criminal group in the state of Quintana Roo, who had been a fugitive from justice since 2018, was captured in Yucatan by members of the Ministry of Public Security (SSP) in coordination with the Attorney General’s Office (FGR).
“He is Francisco Javier “N,” alias “Fefe,” 36, originally from the state of Tabasco, and faces various charges for possession of firearms and explosives, possession of firearms for the exclusive use of the Army, extortion, collection of “derecho de piso” and homicide.
“The individual was identified and detained at a Ministry of Public Security checkpoint on the Merida-Cancun federal toll highway. Following his arrest, Yucatan authorities handed him over to agents of the Criminal Investigation Agency to be brought before the District Judge of the Federal Criminal Justice Center, based in Cancun, who issued a re-arrest warrant.”
