Eight Manzanillo Police Officers Arrested for Leaking Real-Time Intel to CJNG via Encrypted App

Eight active-duty officers of the Manzanillo Municipal Police (Colima) — with service records of 8 to 25 years — were arrested on April 16, 2026, in a joint operation involving SEDENA, the Mexican Navy (SEMAR), and the Colima State Police. The officers are accused of using the end-to-end encrypted messaging application Threema to transmit real-time data from Colima's C5i (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence) integrated security platform to CJNG operatives at the Port of Manzanillo. The leaked intelligence included checkpoint locations, detention reports, and federal security force movements — enabling CJNG to systematically evade enforcement operations at Mexico's busiest Pacific port and primary fentanyl precursor entry point. Charges: improper use of protected government information and criminal association (nexo cartelario). Manzanillo Mayor Rosa María Bayardo Cabrera said the officers 'betrayed citizen trust by colluding with those they should combat.' The case represents one of the most operationally significant CJNG corruption exposures since the February 22 Tapalpa operation, illustrating the depth of CJNG's institutional infiltration in Colima and the ongoing challenge of securing Manzanillo against CJNG even as the post-Mencho decapitation campaign continues.