Mexican cartel commander arrested while trying to hide in a drainage ditch

Video shared by officials on social media shows the arrest of one of the top commanders of the powerful Jalisco New Generation cartel in Mexico.

Audias Flores, known as 'El Jardinero', is a regional commander in control of swathes of CJNG territory along Mexico’s Pacific coast. He was considered a potential successor to Nemesio Oseguera, alias 'El Mencho', who ran the cartel and was killed in a security operation in February.

Security forces surrounded a cabin about 20km (12 miles) north of the popular resort city of Puerto Vallarta, where Flores was being protected by a perimeter of about 30 pickup trucks and 60 gunmen, according to a press release from Mexico’s navy, which led the operation.

Flores’ escorts scattered as a diversion but he was located as he tried to hide in a drainage ditch, it added

Mexican special forces arrest top commander of powerful cartel