2012
- April 27 - Baja California's State Preventive Police (PEP) arrested Octavio Leal Hernandez (El Chapito) a close lieutenant of Luis Fernando Sánchez Arellano.
- July 3 - Mexican army troops arrested Julio Cesar Salas Quiñonez, Salas Quiñonez was considered as the lieutenant of Luis Fernando Sánchez Arellano.
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