Suspected leader of Los Amarillos arrested with luxury fleet of Mercedes, Cybertrucks, BMWs and Porsches

Govén Ulisses Chávez Ramírez, known as “El Amarillo” or “El Govén,” was arrested at a party inside the Victoria Luxury Club in Puebla's affluent Lomas de Angelópolis area. Federal forces led by Mexico's Navy carried out simultaneous raids and executed five search warrants at different properties.

Authorities also detained Chávez Ramírez's wife and two bodyguards identified as retired military personnel, according to sources in the Security Cabinet. Investigators seized 39 luxury vehicles, 17 mobile phones, six USB drives, documents, two handguns, magazines and ammunition of various calibers.

Naval intelligence reports describe Chávez Ramírez as the suspected leader of Los Amarillos, a criminal cell linked to Los Rusos, a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel. Although he operated from Puebla, the group was based in Acapulco's Zona Diamante, according to the reports.

The reports portray him as more than an ordinary gunman. From Puebla, he allegedly coordinated drug trafficking, weapons trafficking, kidnapping, extortion and executions in Zona Diamante. His position, they say, gave him resources, coordination capacity and an independent structure.

Los Rusos and Los Amarillos are engaged in a fierce alliance-based struggle with the Acapulco Independent Cartel over control of the port city in Guerrero. Federal intelligence agencies have tracked Los Amarillos for years, viewing the group as an operational and financial support structure for Los Rusos' activities in Acapulco. The rival cartel emerged from the fragmentation of older criminal groups in Guerrero and has contested territory and illicit businesses, including retail drug sales and extortion.