UruapanMexico charged alleged commander R1 over Mayor Manzo’s murder.
Mexican forces say his son requested the on-camera killing of influencer Valeria Márquez, 23.
R1 allegedly ran the Los Rs cell of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, and officials say R2 now leads it.
An August US indictment named R1 and R2 as regional commanders overseeing cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking.
The US is still hunting Juan Carlos Valencia González, alias R3, whom it names the cartel’s supreme leader.
How each outlet framed it
- InSight Crime
- maps the R commander hierarchy (R1, R2, Rafael Álvarez Ayala) within Los Rs, linking high-profile murders to CJNG leadership
Sources: InSight Crime