A Mexican cartel boss accused of helping Olympic athlete Ryan Wedding traffic drugs and evade authorities was shot dead by police last week.
Federal prosecutors alleged Edgar Aaron Vazquez Alvarado, known as El General, trafficked cocaine for Wedding's criminal enterprise and provided the organization with near daily rotating code words used for safe passage through law enforcement checkpoints. They alleged Vazquez paid Mexican public officials to slow criminal investigations, tamper with evidence and dismiss criminal charges. They also alleged he helped Wedding avoid United States law enforcement for two years. Vazquez was 42 and was shot and killed by Mexican security forces as they attempted to serve an arrest warrant in Naucalpan, Mexico. He had founded Mexico City's El Cartel Nuevo Imperio. He was allegedly responsible for the 2024 death of Mexico City police chief Milton Morales.