"El Optimus" CJNG Paza Boss Captured in Cancún

Yaqui for Borderland Beat from: Zocolo y depeso

Cancún, Quintana Roo:  
Thursday night the Attorney General of the State of Quintana Roo announced the capture of Juan DNV "N", better known as "El Optimus", a subject who is allegedly the plaza boss involved with the Jalisco Cartel Nueva Generación, ie CJNG and "Los Pelones"  in Cancún.

After an armed confrontation, Elements of the Ministerial Police in Quintana Roo achieved the arrest of Juan Diego Núñez Vargas, "El Gordo" aka ''El  Optimus '' or ''El  Viejo'' who is linked to the  CJNG. They captured the capo in a house located at Supermanzana 254, block 34, lot 1, Coral street at the corner of Malaquita street of the La Joya subdivision, in the municipality of Benito Juárez in Cancún, Quintana Roo.

In a modest two-bedroom house, located on the corner of Coral Street and Malaquita, lived the organized crime killer identified with the aliases of '"El Optimus'', who is related to at least a dozen executions, mainly narcomenudistas, and it has also been revealed that he belonged to a cell of the criminal group of ''Los Pelones''.

Police sources revealed that the arrest of the dangerous criminal leader occurred after the execution of a man in the 75th block, where a minor of five years lost his life and his parents were injured in the attack by a pair of delinquents who traveled on a motorcycle, ie another incident in the same area.

It was through the monitoring of said vehicle that the agents assigned to the department of Narco -menudeo coordinated with their homicide counterparts, since they had located an address where drugs were sold and a motorcycle with the characteristics used by the assassins in the region was seen.

After several hours of surveillance the Ministerial agents who were in charge of Commander Néstor Iván Segundo Pérez, knocked on the door of the address, and they were greeted by bullets by a couple of bodyguards of "El Optimus'', who opened fire on the ministerial agents.

However, the bodyguards who had the mission to protect their leader were overcome, and escaped via the roofs of the surrounding houses, but were quickly captured by the police forces along with the "El Optimus", leader of assassins and alleged Plaza Boss.

Meanwhile, in the house in a room used as a den, a revolver was secured as female of approximately 20 years assaulted the agents. The agents repelled her attack. The identity of the woman who was shot inside is still unknown. The woman had a pistol in hand and tried to help "El Optimus" avoid arrest.

Two AR-15 type long guns, useful cartridges and synthetic drugs, as well as marijuana ready for distribution were secured, along with the revolver.

After the exchange of gunfire "El Optimus" surrendered and was handcuffed and subjected search, he  admitted that he was a deputy leader of the criminal group ''Los Pelones'' and had as a mission to eliminate the narco-menudistas from rival groups and to control the sale of drugs in the suburbs of the municipality of  Benito Juarez.

"El Optimus'' and its two bodyguards were transferred under a strong security operation of the State Attorney General's Office, to the prison, waiting for the constitutional deadline to meet their legal status.

"El Optimus" remains secured in the facilities of the State Attorney General's Office that is guarded by ministerial agents, in the unit called Rhinoceros and with a constant public security patrol. 

According to the first investigations, also called "El Gordo" or "El Viejo" is the head of gunmen who last February attacked the Bar "La Kuka" where 5 people were killed and others were injured. 

The same cell  is related to a homicide in Region 236, another in a movie theater in a commercial plaza and at least 5 more homicides in different parts of the city,