Mexico extortion arrests Harfuch, Digi Mart USA News (Mexico): Mexico’s Secretary of Security, Omar García Harfuch, reported on Tuesday, November 10, that 2,395 people were detained for extortion in Mexico between July 2025 and October 2026.
Harfuch presented the results during the “La Mañanera del Pueblo” press conference, led by President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo at the National Palace. He said the figures reflect coordinated actions by the Security Cabinet, prosecutors and state authorities to combat the crime.
According to Harfuch, the detentions took place between July 6, 2025 and October 30, 2026, as part of operations against groups that demand money through threats.
Among recent actions, Harfuch highlighted the arrest of 16 people in the State of Mexico and Mexico City. Authorities identified Luis Humberto N., known as “El Gigante” (“El Gigan” in the source), as an alleged leader of the criminal organization known as La Empresa or Los Gigan.
The secretary said the group is linked to extortion, dispossession, homicide, small-scale drug dealing and arms trafficking.
He also reported 34 simultaneous raids in the State of Mexico, carried out with the federal Security Cabinet, the State Attorney General’s Office and the state Security Secretariat.
The report includes actions against extortion in Chihuahua, Mexico City, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas and other states across the country.
