The leader of one of Mexico’s largest labor unions is denying allegations and news reports that linked a newly captured boss with the Sinaloa Cartel, who is the alleged leader behind the widespread extortions of ranchers and truckers, and was a regional secretary for the union. A series of leaks has revealed that the two were allegedly close allies.

Known in the underworld as “El Limones,” Edgar Rodriguez Ortiz is an alleged leader of the Los Cabrera Sarabia cell of the Sinaloa Cartel, which is aligned with the Mayos faction. Mexico’s security forces initially arrested El Limones earlier this week in the western state of Durango as part of an operation targeting the Sinaloa Cartel. According to information revealed by Mexico’s top security chief, Omar Garcia Harfuch, El Limones was under

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