A Mexican military operation has left Pedro Inzunza Coronel , a fugitive wanted in the United States for major fentanyl and cocaine trafficking ,dead following an armed confrontation in Sinaloa on Sunday, authorities confirmed.
Coronel, known by the alias “Pichon,” was killed during an anti-drug mission conducted in the northwestern state, Mexico’s security secretary Omar García Harfuch announced on social media.
“In an operation led by the Secretariat of the Navy… two operators of this criminal cell were detained and upon attacking the naval personnel, Pedro ‘N’ Pichon lost his life,” Harfuch stated.
The late trafficker had been the target of U.S. federal prosecutors. In May, the U.S. Department of Justice charged Coronel and his father, Pedro Inzunza Noriega, with narco-terrorism, large-scale drug trafficking, and money laundering as part of a faction linked to the now-defunct Beltrán Leyva Organization.
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ronald Johnson reacted to the development, noting that Inzunza faced accusations of “murders, kidnappings, torture, and violent debt collection for drug trafficking.”
The operation comes amid heightened U.S. pressure on Mexico to intensify its crackdown on drug cartels. Since returning to office in January, President Donald Trump has demanded tougher action against cross-border trafficking, even threatening tariffs on Mexican goods if significant progress is not demonstrated.
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