The navy took Rafael N.

MEXICO CITY — Reuters reported that Mexican authorities said Sunday they arrested Rafael “N,” alias “R2,” alleged leader of the “Los Rs” faction of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, in Jalisco, in an operation aided by intelligence from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. The Navy said Rafael “N” was captured in Zapopan by its special operations unit, with the security ministry, after work by the National Intelligence Center and information shared by the DEA. Authorities also detained 19 other people. Mexican authorities withhold a suspect’s surname and use a first name followed by the letter “N.” This desk does not print a surname the wire withholds.

The Navy said Rafael “N” is allegedly linked to the homicide of Carlos Manzo and to 19 other people. Those 19 are not the people detained in Zapopan. Manzo, former mayor of Uruapan, in Michoacán, was shot and killed during a public Day of the Dead celebration on Nov. 1 of last year, and Manzo was with family. Reuters said Omar García Harfuch, security minister, wrote on social media that Rafael “N” was a key leader of “Los Rs,” a cell of the cartel operating in Jalisco and Michoacán. Harfuch said Rafael “N” has an arrest warrant in Mexico for aggravated homicide and a warrant for extradition to the United States, and that the cell is tied to extortion, drug trafficking, homicide, kidnapping and attacks on the authorities, including business owners and avocado producers among those it extorts. The Navy said its people were fired on during the operation and returned fire, and that Rafael “N” and a naval officer were wounded and are receiving medical care. The DEA said on social media, as Reuters reported, that “R2” is wanted in the United States on federal drug trafficking and firearms charges. Monday’s Mexico note, the October prices, stays filed.