Michoacán Welfare Delegate on DEA Wanted List for Drug Trafficking; Disappeared April 2

The DEA published a wanted notice for Rogelio Portillo Jaramillo, the Federal Secretariat of Welfare delegate for Huetamo, Michoacán, charging him with drug trafficking conspiracy in the Southern District of Texas. Portillo Jaramillo was last seen on March 28, 2026; his burned pickup truck was discovered on April 2 on a dirt road in Tiquicheo, Michoacán. The DEA classified him as 'armed and dangerous.' Reporting links him to a CJNG-aligned criminal organization led by his father in the Michoacán-Guerrero border region. The case is significant for several reasons: it demonstrates CJNG's continued penetration of federal civilian government agencies even amid post-Mencho enforcement pressure; it points to active cartel influence in the Huetamo-Tiquicheo corridor of southeastern Michoacán — an area of ongoing CJNG versus Los Viagras/La Nueva Familia competition; and the burned vehicle and disappearance suggest the individual may have been eliminated by the cartel rather than having voluntarily gone into hiding. The DEA wanted notice, listed publicly, signals active U.S. unilateral targeting even for Mexican officials.