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Edgar Vázquez, accused of protecting Ryan Wedding, killed in Mexico
Mexican officials said Edgar Aarón Vázquez was killed in Naucalpan, in the State of Mexico, on Thursday, November 5.
Federal agents were carrying out an arrest warrant for organized crime when they said they came under fire; another person was also killed.
Vázquez, known as “El General” or “El Lic,” was the founder and leader of the Nuevo Imperio Cartel.
The US Treasury had sanctioned him in November 2025, accusing him of protecting Canadian former Olympic athlete Ryan Wedding in Mexico and using police contacts to find targets.
Wedding had lived in hiding in Mexico for more than a decade while leading a cocaine-trafficking network, and was later arrested and sent to the United States to face charges.
Vázquez was killed before the warrant could be carried out, while the US sanctions had also blocked three companies linked to him.
Edgar Aarón Vázquez Alvarado, known as “El General” or “El Lic,” was killed with another person in Naucalpan, Mexico, on November 5.
Mexican security agents said they returned fire during an operation to execute an arrest warrant against Vázquez for alleged organized crime.
Vázquez was identified as the founder and leader of the Cártel Nuevo Imperio and was accused of protecting Canadian Ryan Wedding in Mexico.
The US Treasury sanctioned Vázquez in November 2025, saying he protected Wedding and used police contacts to locate targets.
- Who
- Edgar Aarón Vázquez Alvarado, known as “El General” or “El Lic,” and another person were killed.
- What
- Vázquez was killed during an operation to execute an arrest warrant against him for alleged organized crime.
- When
- November 5, 2026, at 16:56, according to the report.
- Where
- Lomas Verdes, in Naucalpan, State of Mexico.
- Why
- Agents were carrying out an arrest warrant against Vázquez and said they returned fire after an armed attack.
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The US Treasury sanctioned Vázquez, saying he protected Ryan Wedding and used police contacts to locate targets.
Wedding was apprehended, according to the article.
Vázquez and another person were killed in Naucalpan during an operation to execute an arrest warrant.
- Killed
- Edgar Aarón Vázquez Alvarado and one other person
- Known as
- El General” or “El Lic
- Location
- Lomas Verdes, Naucalpan, State of Mexico
- US sanctions date
- November 19, 2025
- Warrant
- Arrest warrant for alleged organized crime
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