Diego 'N', mayor of Tequila, Jalisco, was arrested on February 5, 2026, while sleeping at his home, facing charges of organized crime, extortion, and aggravated kidnapping with alleged ties to the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG). His associate Isaac 'N' pointed a gun at federal agents during the raid. A judge linked him to the process and imposed preventive prison.
On February 5, 2026, at 03:49 hours, 42 members of the Special Forces of the Navy and the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC) raided the home of Diego 'N' at 42 Calle 5 de Mayo, Colonia Miguel de la Madrid, in Tequila, Jalisco. The mayor, sleeping in the master bedroom on the second floor, offered no resistance to the arrest, which was based on an apprehension order issued on January 31 by Control Judge Mario Elizondo Martínez.
During the search of the property, the mayor's associate, Isaac 'N'—director of Public Works in the municipality—surprised the agents by pointing a pistol at them from an adjacent room and threatening, 'you don't know who you're messing with.' He was quickly subdued. The search uncovered 245,000 pesos in cash, useful cartridges, and an envelope containing doses of methamphetamine.
The General Prosecutor's Office (FGR) accuses Diego 'N' of ties to the CJNG, which allegedly financed his political campaign, and involvement in the kidnapping and torture of two PAN precandidates—Guillermo Cordero García and Julio Alejandro García Gutiérrez—on March 24, 2021, as well as a merchant identified as LEAR, to force political resignations and favor Juan Gabriel Toribio Villarreal in that year's election.
On February 10, in a hearing at the Federal Criminal Justice Center in Almoloya de Juárez via videoconference, Diego 'N' denied any links to the CJNG or to Severo Flores Mendoza, alias 'El Rey Mago.' Judge Mario Elizondo Martínez linked him to the process for organized crime aimed at kidnapping and illegal deprivation of liberty of a public servant, upholding preventive prison and setting four months for complementary investigation. If responsibility is proven, he could face 70 to 130 years in prison. Juan Manuel Pérez Sosa, former director of Public Security, and Juan Gabriel Toribio Villarreal, former director of Cadastre and Property Tax, were also linked, with estimated sentences of 60 to 110 years.
The judge stated that 'it is accredited to a degree of probability that (…) they assimilated to this organization (CJNG).' The defense claimed political motivations and questioned witnesses, but the judge dismissed the arguments due to consistencies in evidence.
Isaac 'N' was presented before Judge Alejandra Ramírez de la Vega, who linked him for possession of firearm cartridges and crimes against health in the modality of methamphetamine trafficking, ordering preventive prison and two months of investigation.
