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| A photo from the Guanajuato State Attorney's Office showing the arrest of José Antonio Yépez Ortiz. |
Federal and state authorities arrested Yépez Ortiz within the central state of Guanajuato, consistent with a joint statement released by the Guanajuato government and Mexico's Secretariat of peace .
At least five people were detained within the joint operation, and a businesswoman who had been kidnapped was rescued, the statement said.
Mexico's Security Minister, Alfonso Durazo, confirmed Yépez Ortiz's detention via Twitter, adding that he was detained through an bench warrant for "organized crime and fuel theft."
In a video posted on his Twitter account, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador praised the arrest.
"The Ministry of National Defense, with the local government's support, achieved this vital detention," López Obrador said. "We got to continue getting to the causes that provoke violence. we are saying no to corruption and impunity."
López Obrador has come under attack for his noncombative approach to gangland , after campaigning on a technique he dubbed "abrazos, no balazos," or hugs, not bullets.
Last October, authorities briefly detained Ovidio Guzmán, the son of former Sinaloa Cartel chief Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán. But he was released hours later, after cartel gunmen took several security officers hostage and paralyzed the northern city of Culiacán.
And in March López Obrador was widely criticized for shaking hands -- amid coronavirus restrictions -- with the mother of "El Chapo" during a visit to the state of Sinaloa.
Yépez Ortiz had been wanted for months, with Mexican authorities targeting his family and shut circle amid escalating violence in Guanajuato, territory controlled by the cartel.
The Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel has made most of its income from extortion and fuel theft.
A conflict for control of the world between the group and therefore the Jalisco New Generation Cartel has led to a wave of brutal and deadly attacks.
Guanajuato sees a mean of about 10 homicides each day . within the half of this year, the state recorded a minimum of 1,691 homicides, consistent with government data, making it the deadliest state in Mexico.
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