After the arrest of “El Limones”, financial operator of “Los Cabrera”, a cell linked to the Sinaloa Cartel, the UIF blocked the accounts of front companies and people linked to said person.
Mexico City, December 11 (However).- The Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF) of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) carried out an operation to block bank accounts against Edgar “N”, alias “El Limones”alleged financial operator of the criminal cell “The Cabreras”linked to Sinaloa Cartelwho was recently arrested.
The measure, which also reaches people of his close circle and several companies suspected of being fronts to money launderingseeks to stop extortion and fraud operations that have affected victims in Durango and other states in the north of the country.
The freezing of accounts announced by the Security Cabinet includes at least 15 personal bank accounts and the blocking of five companies registered in Durango and Sinaloa, allegedly used to triangulate resources from floor charges, express kidnappings and trafficking of chemical precursors.
“These actions protect victims of extortion and fraud, cutting off the flow of dirty money that strengthens these criminal organizations,” Mexican authorities reported.
The arrest of Edgar “N”, alias “Limones”, in an operation coordinated between @SEMAR_mx, @Defensamx, @SSPCMexico, @FGRMexico and the National Intelligence Center, represents a direct blow to the extortion networks in the La Laguna region, in Durango and Coahuila. This result,… pic.twitter.com/mhnBrdgWfi
— Mexican Security Cabinet (@GabSeguridadMX) December 10, 2025
“El Limones” is identified by the authorities as the plaza boss and financial operator of “Los Cabrera”, a criminal group that operates in the so-called Laguna region, which covers various municipalities in the states of Durango and Coahuila.
After his arrest, the Security Cabinet reported that “companies with different lines of business were blocked; real estate, comprehensive services and engineering, which presented irregular financial patterns with apparent resources of illicit origin; they had characteristics of front companies, in addition to being used to simulate payroll payments and carry out purchase and sale operations of luxury vehicles, cash payments and fractional transfers, without real economic activity identified.”
The arrest of Edgar “N” was announced by the head of the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC), Omar García Harfuch, who stated that this action “constitutes a direct blow to extortion networks, in line with the National Strategy against Extortion instructed by President Claudia Sheinbaum.”
Harfuch added that this subject “was being investigated for extorting merchants and ranchers, as well as for operating the finances” of “Los Cabrera.” “During the action, long weapons, a grenade and tactical equipment were seized,” added the Secretary of Security, who thanked the Government of Coahuila for the coordination that led to the capture.
Result of intelligence work, in an operation led by @SEMAR_mx, @Defensamx1, @SSPCMexico y @FGRMexico Criminal Investigation Agency and with information from the National Intelligence Center, Edgar “N”, alias “Limones”, a member of the… pic.twitter.com/kfqEV5pI8N
— Omar H Garcia Harfuch (@OHarfuch) December 10, 2025
Pedro Haces denies links between “El Limones” and CATEM
After announcing the arrest of Edgar “N”, alias “El Limones”, who is designated as the organizational secretary of the Autonomous Confederation of Workers and Employees of Mexico (CATEM), the leader of said organization, Pedro Haces, stated that the detainee “does not have, nor has had, any link with CATEM” and recalled that the only official information is that issued by the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection, which at “no time establishes any relationship with our organization.”
“CATEM is a confederation built with the honest effort of hundreds of thousands of workers. We are not going to allow lies to stain their work or the integrity of our organization. We will continue to move forward with legality, transparency and conviction, defending the rights of those who support Mexico every day,” he wrote on social networks.
The union headed by Morenista Pedro Haces Barba and right-hand man of Ricardo Monreal Ávila, has been denounced in Coahuila, Durango, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Querétaro and Chihuahua for cases of extortion.
Local media indicate that the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) of Oaxaca, just last July, initiated an investigation against leaders of materialists’ unions, including CATEM, due to the disappearance of four steel rod merchants from the State of Mexico who traveled to Ocotlán de Morelos.