2026年5月11日 / 美国东部时间下午1:57 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
官员周一宣布，美国边境附近一个臭名昭著的贩毒集团分支头目已在墨西哥被拘留。当局表示，在此次抓捕行动中查获了武器、毒品、现金以及7只老虎。
墨西哥安全部长奥马尔·加西亚·哈夫奇在社交媒体发文称，39岁的何塞·安东尼奥·科尔特斯·韦尔塔是东北贩毒集团一个分支的头目，在新莱昂州被捕，此次抓捕行动源于塔毛利帕斯州一艘船只被查获后展开的调查。同时被捕的还有一名身份为41岁的罗萨里奥·弗洛雷斯·阿莱曼的女子。
当局表示，他们查获了不明种类的毒品、现金、10支枪支、11辆汽车、6辆摩托车，以及7只老虎。
墨西哥一些贩毒集团以饲养异国猫科动物作为权力的象征，偶尔还会用它们来处置敌人。根据2023年美国的一份起诉书，锡那罗亚贩毒集团一个分支的部分受害者曾“被活生生或死后喂给老虎”。
当局在此次抓捕行动中查获了武器、毒品和7只老虎。墨西哥安全部长
官员表示，查获的物品与被称为“船舶之王”的罗伯托·布兰科·坎图有关。坎图是梅夫拉货运公司的大股东，被指控通过船只走私燃料，据称隶属于东北贩毒集团。
东北贩毒集团（Cártel del Noreste）是臭名昭著的泽塔斯犯罪集团的残余势力，特朗普政府在2025年将其列为外国恐怖组织。上个月，美国以涉嫌与该贩毒集团有关联为由，对3人和两家赌场实施了制裁。
根据美国财政部的说法，该贩毒集团参与边境沿线的非法毒品贩运，包括芬太尼、冰毒、海洛因和可卡因，并在边境地区发动“恐怖运动”。
财政部表示：“东北贩毒集团在美墨边境两侧从事暴力犯罪活动，包括绑架和杀害威胁其南部边境犯罪活动的人员。该集团利用该地区由恐怖主义催生的影响力，控制毒品贩运和人口走私路线，贿赂政客和记者，敲诈勒索当地企业以及往来美国的货运货物——美国最繁忙的内陆贸易入境点也在其控制范围内。”
此次最新抓捕行动发生之际，墨西哥在特朗普政府的压力下持续打击贩毒集团。
上个月，墨西哥军方在该国西北部抓获了哈利斯科州新一代贩毒集团的一名高级头目，而该集团头目“门乔”已于两个月前被击毙。
就在此次行动几天前，墨西哥士兵在美国情报支持下的一次行动中，抓获了毒枭华金·“矮子”·古斯曼兄弟的三名最亲密盟友。
Cartel figure captured in Mexico as authorities recover drugs, guns and 7 tigers
May 11, 2026 / 1:57 PM EDT / CBS News
The leader of a group linked to a notorious cartel that operates near the U.S. border has been detained in Mexico, officials announced Monday. Authorities said they recovered weapons, drugs, cash and seven tigers during the arrest.
José Antonio Cortes Huerta, 39, the leader of a cell affiliated with the Northeast Cartel, was arrested in Nuevo León, stemming from an investigation following the seizure of a boat in Tamaulipas, security minister Omar Garcia Harfuch said in a social media post. A woman, identified as 41-year-old Rosario Flores Alemán, was also detained.
Authorities said they seized unidentified narcotics, cash, 10 guns, 11 vehicles, six motorcycles — and seven tigers.
Some Mexican drug cartels are known to house exotic cats as symbols of power and, occasionally, to dispose of their enemies. According to a 2023 U.S. indictment, some victims of a Sinaloa cartel faction were “fed dead or alive to tigers.”
Authorities recovered weapons, drugs and seven tigers during the arrest. Mexico Security Minister
Officials said the seized items are linked to Roberto Blanco Cantu who is known as “El Señor de los Buques” (“The Lord of the Ships”). Cantu, a majority shareholder of the company Mefra Fletes, is accused of smuggling fuel via boats and is allegedly affiliated with the Northeast Cartel.
The Northeast Cartel (Cártel del Noreste) — a remnant of the infamous Zetas crime syndicate — was designated as a foreign terrorist group by the Trump administration in 2025. Last month, the U.S. issued sanctions against three people and two casinos for their alleged links to the cartel.
According to the U.S. Treasury Department, the cartel is involved in the trafficking of illegal drugs along the border, including fentanyl, crystal meth, heroin and cocaine, and has waged a “campaign of terror on the border.”
“CDN is involved in violent criminal activity on both sides of the border, including the kidnapping and killing of individuals that threaten their criminal enterprise on the southern border,” the department says. “CDN uses its terror-fueled influence in the region to control drug trafficking and human smuggling routes, bribe politicians and journalists, and extort local businesses and shipments flowing to and from the United States at the busiest inland point of entry for trade in the United States.”
The latest arrest comes as Mexico continues its crackdown on cartels amid pressure from the Trump administration.
Last month, the Mexican military captured one of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel’s top leaders in the northwest of the country, two months after its leader “El Mencho” was killed.
Just days before that, Mexican soldiers captured three of the closest allies of drug lord Joaquin”El Chapo”Guzman’s brother in an operation backed by U.S. intelligence.
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