Mexican authorities and the US Department of the Treasury arrested Salvador Dñaz Rodríguez, a key money launderer for the Sinaloa Cartel.
Mexican authorities and the US Department of the Treasury arrested Salvador Dñaz Rodríguez in Mexicali on August 27th. The 41-year-old suspect, also known as Gusano or Chava, was detained by the Baja California State Public Security Force while driving a vehicle with 57 packets of methamphetamine. Salvador Dñaz Rodríguez is identified as a primary operator of financial transactions for Los Chapitos, a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel. He is also linked to Los Rusos, a criminal organization associated with the Sinaloa Cartel that recently secured four million doses of fentanyl. The arrest follows a criminal alert issued by the US government regarding a possible threat in Mexicali. The administration announced that Salvador Dñaz Rodríguez is part of a money laundering network linked to the Sinaloa Cartel. He is linked to several other high-profile figures in the criminal underworld, including Alberto Daniel Benguiat Jiménez and Christian Noé Amador Valenzuela.