The Mexican government has arrested a suspected drug trafficker featured on the European Union’s “most wanted fugitives” list, as it attempts to crack down on criminal operations within its borders.On Saturday, Mexico’s Security Minister Omar Garcia Harfuch announced that 48-year-old Hungarian citizen Janos Balla, who goes by the alias “Daniel Takacs”, had been detained in the southern state of Quintana Roo.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listIn the EU, Balla has been sentenced to six years in prison for smuggling narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.According to Garcia Harfuch, Balla was the subject of an Interpol red notice, which calls on law enforcement authorities around the world to assist with the arrest of a suspect.In a joint statement, the Mexican agencies involved in the arrest credited their collaboration with Hungarian authorities for helping to secure Balla’s arrest.“Based on the exchange of information with Hungarian security agencies, as well as intelligence and investigative work, [Balla’s] mobility zone was identified in the municipality of Benito Juarez, where a coordinated operation was implemented, resulting in his arrest on Politecnico Avenue,” it said.The statement added that Balla was placed in the custody of Mexico’s National Institute of Migration, “in order to determine his immigration status and continue his controlled deportation process to Europe”.Saturday’s was the latest high-profile arrest under President Claudia Sheinbaum, who has sought to pivot away from the “hugs, not bullets” philosophy of her predecessor and political mentor, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Advertisement Her administration has taken a harder line on combatting drug trafficking and other cartel activi …
