Cartel Leader With $1 Million US Bounty On His Head Killed In Mexico

Jorge Humberto “El Perris” Figueroa, a Sinaloa Cartel member loyal to El Chapo’s son Ovidio Guzman within the cartel’s inner battle, was killed in a shootout with Mexican authorities throughout an arrest try, New York Post reported. Figueroa, a part of the “El Chapitos” faction, fired on Mexican army personnel on Friday, prompting the deadly response, in line with the federal government.

The operation focusing on Figueroa occurred in Navolato, 32 kilometres (19 miles) from Culiacán, Sinaloa’s capital, native media reported, as per CNN. Notably, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) had provided a $1 million reward for Figueroa, needed for alleged federal crimes together with fentanyl trafficking conspiracy, possession of machine weapons and damaging units, and cash laundering conspiracy.

“As a part of the technique to construct peace in Sinaloa, an operation was carried out to arrest Jorge Humberto, alias El Perris,” Mexico’s Secretary of State Omar Garcia Harfuch wrote on X. 

Como parte de la estrategia para construir la paz en Sinaloa, se llevó a cabo una operación para detener a Jorge Humberto “N”, alias “El Perris”, elementos de @Defensamx1 fueron fuertemente atacados por hombres armados, por lo que tras repeler la agresión, en legítima defensa,… pic.twitter.com/etYmk6d9dg

— Omar H Garcia Harfuch (@OHarfuch) May 24, 2025

“This individual is recognized as one of many major orchestrators of the assaults on authorities in 2019 in Culiacan, along with being associated to homicides and kidnappings that affected the peace and tranquility of Sinaloa society,” Mr Harfuch added.

In the extraordinary 2019 showdown, Ovidio Guzman Lopez’s arrest sparked violent clashes between the Sinaloa cartel and Mexican safety forces. The cartel, allegedly led by El Perris, outnumbered and outgunned the authorities in Culiacan. Amidst the chaos, Mexican authorities launched Ovidio Guzman Lopez to forestall additional bloodshed. However, he was rearrested, extradited to the US in 2023, and is now serving a life sentence. Recently, he made a cope with the US authorities to carry 17 members of the family, together with El Chapo’s ex-wife, to the States.