A drug boss who allegedly broadcasted an execution on has been caught. He has been identified as Ángel Chávez Ponce 'N' but is known in the Mexican underworld as "The Chameleon". The Chameleon is said to be a leader of the Los Viagras cartel and was arrested in the Mexican city of Aguascalientes for his alleged involvement in the kidnapping of a businessman in Uruapan, Michoacán in 2014. The Attorney General's Office of the State of Michoacán - with the support of the Secretariat of the , the Secretariat of Public Security of the State of Michoacán, the National Anti-Kidnapping Coordination and authorities of Aguascalientes - carried out the investigation and arrest of the drug kingpin, according to . The businessman identified only as Hilario 'A' was kidnapped by an armed group in Uruapilla. The kidnappers demanded a ransom from the man’s family before cutting off all communication. His remains were found two years later on January 11, 2016 on the Pátzcuaro-Uruapan highway. The kidnapping is just one of the crimes The Chameleon is accused of. It’s believed he also murdered Hugo Figueroa, the nephew of
Singer Joan Sebastian, whose body was found in Huaniqueo, Michoacán, in February 2019. Figueroa’s execution was broadcast across
Social Media. Infobae reports that in the video, a man is seen leaning on a tree in an empty field as he is threatened by armed gangsters. Figueroa could apparently be heard repeatedly asking his attackers "what did I do?" before they shot him. The Chameleon's arrest was a long time coming. The criminal was reportedly infamous for his ability to evade justice. He was finally located in the city of Aguascalientes. Los Viagras is a crime gang that mainly operates around the Tierra Caliente region in southern
Mexico.