{"id":227595,"date":"2026-05-29T23:51:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T23:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/fgr-breaks-up-money-laundering-and-fake-invoices-network-el-caballito-8-arrested\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T23:51:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T23:51:51","slug":"fgr-breaks-up-money-laundering-and-fake-invoices-network-el-caballito-8-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/fgr-breaks-up-money-laundering-and-fake-invoices-network-el-caballito-8-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"FGR Breaks Up Money Laundering and Fake Invoices Network &#8220;El Caballito&#8221;: 8 Arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n<div class=\"visual__image image-initial-width\"><picture><source  media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\"\/><source  media=\"(min-width: 768px)\"\/><source  media=\"(min-width: 580px)\"\/><source  media=\"(min-width: 350px)\"\/><source  media=\"(min-width: 80px)\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"article-figcaption-img\">Criminal map of the structure of &#8220;El Caballito&#8221;. Credit: FGR<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<h2>The Dismantling of &#8220;El Caballito&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>The <b>Attorney General&#8217;s Office (FGR)<\/b> has successfully dismantled a criminal organization known as <b>\u201cEl Caballito\u201d<\/b>, which was primarily engaged in <b>money laundering<\/b> and the issuance of <b>fake tax receipts<\/b> across Mexico.<\/p>\n<h3>A Coordinated Operation<\/h3>\n<p>In a meticulously coordinated effort involving the <b>Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC)<\/b>, the <b>Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF)<\/b>, and the <b>Tax Administration Service (SAT)<\/b>, authorities deployed <b>440 personnel<\/b> across nine states, executing eight arrest warrants.<\/p>\n<h3>Key arrests<\/h3>\n<p>Among those apprehended were two alleged leaders of the operation, identified as <b>Michael \u201cN\u201d<\/b> and <b>Salvador \u201cN\u201d<\/b>. Others arrested included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Salvador \u201cN\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Laura Bel\u00e9n \u201cN\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Luis \u201cN\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Manuel \u201cN\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Elda \u201cN\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Montserrat \u201cN\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Lilia \u201cN\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Seizures and Financial Recovery<\/h3>\n<p>During the operation, authorities confiscated:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>11 homes<\/li>\n<li>14 vehicles<\/li>\n<li>2 motorcycles<\/li>\n<li>Foreign currency totaling:<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>17,945 dollars<\/li>\n<li>1,090,550 pesos<\/li>\n<li>106,000 yen<\/li>\n<li>1,700 pounds sterling<\/li>\n<li>370 soles<\/li>\n<li>1,570 euros<\/li>\n<li>1,050 Danish crowns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Modus Operandi<\/h2>\n<p>The investigations revealed that the \u201cEl Caballito\u201d organization operated through front companies, providing legitimate businesses with <b>invoices for non-existent operations<\/b>. These fake receipts allowed the laundering of money and evasion of taxes, thereby inflicting significant damage on public finances.<\/p>\n<h3>Tax Evasion Techniques<\/h3>\n<p>This circuit purportedly helped obscure the origins of illicitly obtained funds while artificially reducing tax liabilities\u2014a move detrimental to overall public finances. The front companies primarily had tax domiciles in states such as <b>Jalisco, Michoac\u00e1n, Sinaloa, Sonora, and Quintana Roo<\/b>.<\/p>\n<h2>Investigation and Collaboration<\/h2>\n<p>The successful identification of the network resulted from extensive surveillance and intelligence-gathering efforts by Mexican state forces. The <b>Special Prosecutor&#8217;s Office for Investigation of Tax Crimes<\/b> and the Criminal Investigation Agency played crucial roles in coordinating the logistics of the operation.<\/p>\n<h3>Operation Logistics<\/h3>\n<p>The operation involved 30 properties spread across nine states, including <b>Jalisco, Guanajuato, Colima, Durango, Quintana Roo, Sonora, Sinaloa, Aguascalientes, and Coahuila<\/b>. The personnel included federal public prosecutors, criminology experts, and forensic accountants, ensuring a comprehensive approach.<\/p>\n<p>Ulises Lara, a spokesperson for the <b>FGR<\/b>, announced the operation in an official statement released on May 29, emphasizing the ongoing commitment to combat financial crimes. <\/p>\n<p><b>Information in development&#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/category\/general\/\" rel=\"dofollow\">General News &#8211; 2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Criminal map of the structure of &#8220;El Caballito&#8221;. Credit: FGR The Dismantling of &#8220;El Caballito&#8221; The Attorney General&#8217;s Office (FGR) has successfully dismantled a criminal organization known as \u201cEl Caballito\u201d, which was primarily engaged in money laundering and the issuance of fake tax receipts across Mexico. A Coordinated Operation In a meticulously coordinated effort involving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":227596,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[607,2278,42346,8737,36887,39411,7161,1371,2587],"class_list":["post-227595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mazagine","tag-arrested","tag-breaks","tag-caballito","tag-fake","tag-fgr","tag-invoices","tag-laundering","tag-money","tag-network"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227595"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227597,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227595\/revisions\/227597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}