Mexico Arrests Cartel Boss With $5 Million US Bounty on Head

Audias Flores Silva

Source: US Department of State

Mexico arrested a senior underworld figure with a $5 million bounty on his head who was sought for crimes including drug trafficking and defrauding US pensioners.

Authorities say Audias Flores Silva is a member of the Jalisco Nueva Generacion cartel, one of Mexico’s most powerful criminal organizations, who oversaw operations in states along the Pacific coast.