Cártel Nuevo Imperio leader killed in Mexico during arrest attempt, Digi Mart USA News (Estado de México, Mexico): Edgar Aarón “N,” known as “El General” or “El Lic,” was killed during an armed attack that began when authorities attempted to detain him, according to a report published by La Crónica de Hoy. The publication identifies him as the leader and founder of the Cártel Nuevo Imperio.
Investigators point to him as the intellectual author of the homicide of Milton Morales Figueroa, chief commissioner of the Mexico City Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC). Morales was shot with a firearm on July 21, 2024, while off duty on a street in the Coacalco Centro neighborhood, in the municipality of Coacalco de Berriozábal, State of Mexico.
According to the report, officers from the State of Mexico’s security secretariat were fired upon while carrying out an operation to execute an arrest warrant for organized crime against “El General” or “El Lic.” The cartel reportedly operates in the State of Mexico, Morelos and Mexico City. After officers returned fire, the suspect died.
“El Lic” was reportedly under investigation for kidnapping, extortion, homicide, dispossession, money laundering, fuel theft and drug trafficking to the United States and Canada. On November 19, 2025, the U.S.
Department of the Treasury sanctioned him, alleging he provided protection in Mexico to Ryan James Wedding and used police contacts to locate targets for his criminal organization.
Multiple people have been detained in connection with Morales’s killing. Armando “N,” described as one of the material perpetrators, allegedly used warehouses to dismantle Chevrolet Aveo vehicles used in the crime; the site was also reportedly where the murder was planned.
Erick Gerardo “N” and Lorena Janeth “N,” described as intellectual authors of the crime, were arrested on July 28, and investigators allege they processed license plates for the Aveo vehicles used during surveillance of the victim’s home.
