with a grenade attached to it and a handgun tucked to his belt just like his uncle. The Army leaked the picture to the press later that day, and it gained popularity on social media and among several narcocorrido (drug ballad) composers, including the Mexican music producer group El Movimiento Alterado, which used this photo to promote its songs. The leak was first time that Torres Urrea was publicly displayed. With his father in prison, Torres Urrea reportedly succeed his role as a top operator within the Sinaloa Cartel and worked alongside his uncle El M1 and in-law Raúl Meza Ontiveros. This meant that Torres Urrea allegedly worked under El Mayo. According to Renato Salas Heredia, the head of Mexico's National Security Commission (CNS) (es), Torres Urrea was one of Mexico's 122 most-wanted criminals. Another of his family members on the list was Inés Enrique Torres Acosta, his cousin and son of El M1. Political career Torres Urrea ran for a syndic position in La Ilama, a rural community in Cosalá, Sinaloa. He won the elections in March 2014 after being the only candidate to run for the position. He was paid MXN$10,000 every month and among his responsibilities were to help citizens during natural disasters. According to Cosalá mayor Samuel Zacarías Lizárraga Valverde, Torres Urrea legally met all the requirements for the position; since he did not have a criminal record at a state and municipal level, he was eligible to run for office. The mayor also stated that the municipal government open the position to its citizens and said they could not control the amount of applicants interested in the role. When asked about his relationship with Torres Urrea, the mayor clarified that he only met him the day Torres Urrea went to register as a candidate; he clarified that he knew the other syndics in Cosalá from years back. He also stated that his arrest would not cause disruptions in the municipal projects Torres Urrea was working on because there were other Cosalá officials working in them and were managing them more directly. In an interview with the press, state official Gerardo Vargas Landeros discarded the possibility that Torres Urrea had any criminals links with Lizárraga Valverde, and stated that he was not aware of any investigations by the PGR against the mayor, although he did not discard the possibility that one could arise as a result