Mexico City, Sep 2 (EFE).- A Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion member suspected of being involved in an attack in March that left five Federal Police officers and two civilians dead in the western Mexican state of Jalisco was captured by the security forces, officials said.
Javier Guerrero Covarrubias was arrested "as a result of coordinated work among the intelligence areas of the Mexican state's security agencies," National Security Commissioner Renato Sales, who recently took up his post, said.
Guerrero Covarrubias was arrested on Monday by the Federal Police and other security agencies, Sales said.
The Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion member is suspected of being involved in "drug trafficking, extortion and kidnappings, as well as the murders of civilians and Federal Police officers," the national security commissioner said.
The 27-year-old Guerrero Covarrubias was identified as the organizer of the March 19 attack in the city of Ocotlan that left five members of the Federal Police's Gendarmerie and two civilians dead, Sales said.
The attack in Ocotlan marked the start of a wave of violence in Jalisco blamed on the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion.
The Jalisco Nueva Generacion drug cartel has been involved in a series of attacks in recent months, with the biggest occurring on May 1, when gunmen shot down a military helicopter, killing nine people.
The federal government responded by deploying more army troops and Federal Police officers in the state to dismantle the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion, a criminal organization created in Colima state and originally known as the Milenio cartel, and capture its leader, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes.
The cartel boss's son, Ruben Oseguera Gonzalez, was captured by the army on June 23 in Zapopan, a city in Jalisco.
Oseguera Gonzalez was considered the No. 2 man in the criminal organization and was responsible for the cartel's administrative affairs, officials said.
Nemesio Oseguera took control of the cartel following the arrests of Oscar Nava Valencia in 2009 and Juan Carlos Nava Valencia in 2010.
The cartel now operates in Colima, Jalisco, Guanajuato, Michoacan and Veracruz, federal officials said.