Carlos Beltran Leyva was arrested in Culiacan
Mexican police have captured alleged drug lord Carlos Beltran Leyva, just two weeks after his even more powerful brother was killed in a shootout with troops — back-to-back victories in President Felipe Calderon's drug war.
The Public Safety Department said in a statement Saturday night that Carlos Beltran Leyva was arrested in Culiacan, the capital of the Pacific coast state of Sinaloa, where he and several of his brothers were born and allegedly started their Drug Cartel.
A third brother, ...
Mexican police arrested two hit men for the drug cartel run by Arturo Beltran Leyva
Mexican police arrested two people allegedly tied to the murder of four relatives of a Mexican marine who died in a gun battle with a drug-gang boss and his bodyguards last week, a state official said.
Authorities from the southeastern state of Tabasco will offer more details on the arrests later today, said a spokeswoman for the state attorney general’s office, who can’t be identified because of government policy.
The people arrested are suspected of being hit men for the drug...
Geronimo Gamez Garcia was detained close to Mexico City
The Mexican police and drug enforcement is trying its best to take back its government.
From The BBCNews: The Mexican police say that with this arrest they have dealt an important blow to one of the country's most powerful drug cartels.
They describe Mr Gamez Garcia as the money and logistics man in the Beltran Leyva organisation, with direct responsibility for buying high-quality cocaine from Colombia.
He is known to have frequently travelled to both Colombia and Panama, and believ...
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