A total of seven suspected members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) were detained in an air and ground operation deployed by federal and state authorities in Michoacán. The Michoacan Civil Guard reported that the operation took place last Friday in towns in the municipality of Huetamo, located in the Tierra Caliente region of Michoacán and bordering the state of Guerrero. Agents from the Secretariat of the Navy (Semar), the State Prosecutor's Office, and the Civil Guard executed search warrants in six homes where there were indications of CJNG operations. Semar used a helicopter and two armored tactical vehicles to detect possible violent reactions from hitmen working for organized crime. During the operation, authorities detained three women and four men, from whom they seized eight firearms of various calibers, useful cartridges, and tactical equipment. Authorities also secured 83 boxes, 26 bags, and a sack with marijuana, 24 plastic bags with methamphetamine, five animals in captivity, and four vehicles. Relatives of the detainees protested at the Civil Guard barracks in Huetamo, where the 911 emergency telephone service also operates, which led to the authorities present using tear gas to disperse the protesters. Local paramedics attended to four people who were intoxicated by the gas, including a pregnant woman who had to be transferred to a regional hospital. Authorities have identified that various drug cartels operate in Huetamo, including the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), La Familia Michoacana, Los Caballeros Templarios, and the Sinaloa Cartel (faction of Ismael Zambada 'El Mayo', currently imprisoned in the United States), among others. In this area of Michoacán, the Prosecutor's Office detected that the CJNG cell operates under the orders of the suspected Michoacan drug trafficker Audías Flores Silva 'Don Flores' or 'El Jardinero', one of the closest men to Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, the maximum leader of that criminal organization. The U.S. Department of the Treasury is offering a reward of five million dollars for information that leads to the capture of 'El Jardinero', who has been considered by authorities as the possible successor to 'El Mencho'.