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Mexico arrests drug kingpin
[Iran Press TV Latest] Teodoro Garcia Simental, one of Mexico's most wanted drug traffickers, has been captured along with one of his brothers. Simental, a drug kingpin known for having the corpses of tortured rivals dissolved in acid and whose gang is blamed for much of the surge in violence in the northern border city of Tijuana, had a reward of USD 2.3 million on his head for his capture. Simental -- popularly known as "El Teo" -- and his brother "El Torito" were captured on Tuesday in the northwestern Baja California peninsula, a federal police official, who declined to be named, said. Both have been detained in La Paz, Baja California Sur. One of Garcia's hitman -- called "The soup maker" -- last year confessed to dissolving hundreds of bodies in acid for him. El Teo's arrest is the second major victory for Mexican President Felipe Calderon's controversial clampdown on organized crime in less than a month. In December, top drug lord Arturo Beltran Leyva died in a shootout with marines in a raid south of Mexico City. More than 15,000 people have been killed in drug violence over the past three years in Mexico. Posted by: Fred 2010-01-13 |
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