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    "prose": "Rafael Álvarez Ayala, known as R2, and 19 other people were arrested in Guadalajara after a shootout with the Mexican Navy.[^1] He leads the Los Rs cell of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.[^2]\n\n## The arrest\n\nR2 was shot during the arrest and underwent surgery.[^3] One member of the navy received a gunshot injury that was not life-threatening.[^4]\n\nIntelligence from Mexico's National Intelligence Center and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration helped locate him.[^5] The DEA publicly commended the Mexican authorities for the operation.[^6]\n\n## What he is accused of\n\nAuthorities link the cell he led to homicides, drug trafficking and extortion of the avocado industry.[^7] He is linked to the killing of mayor Carlos Manzo a year before the arrest.[^8] These are allegations, and none has been tested in court.\n\nHe held active arrest warrants for homicide and for extradition to the United States.[^9] In the United States he is wanted on federal drug trafficking and firearms charges.[^10]\n\n## A cartel losing its leaders\n\nThe arrest is the latest in a run. The cartel's founder, Nemesio \"El Mencho\" Oseguera, died in a military operation in February.[^11] R2's brother Ramón Álvarez Ayala, known as R1, was arrested in Mexico earlier this year on matching charges.[^12] Another alleged leader, Iván Cazarín Molina, known as El Tanque, was arrested weeks earlier in Zapopan, Jalisco.[^13]\n\nThe United States designated the cartel a foreign terrorist organization in 2025.[^14]",
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