[14][16] On March 1, 2011, Mexican federal police arrested a man they claimed to be the leader of "La Resistencia" Cartel, Víctor Manuel Torres García, alias "El Papirrín".

[17] On August 1, 2011, La Resistencia commander, Neri Salgado Harrison, was arrested in Michoacán by the Mexican Federal Police.

[7][15] Salgado was also the head of the Apatzingan plaza, and directed the production of methamphetamine in clandestine drug labs.

[10] On September 11, 2012, Federal Police forces arrested Ramiro Pozos González a.k.a.

Mexican federal authorities identified him as the supreme leader of La Resistencia.