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| Traffic Checkpoint Nets Alleged Juarez Cartel Capo |
| 2014-10-11 |
| [HOSTED.AP.ORG] Federal police used a seemingly routine traffic checkpoint to nab Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, the alleged narco mob boss accused by Mexico's government of turning the border city of Juarez into one of the deadliest places on the planet. Over the course of an 11-month investigation, agents identified two homes in the northern city of Torreon that Carrillo Fuentes was believed to have visited discreetly as well as a vehicle he used to get around town. They used that information to narrow down his movements, and on Thursday set up the checkpoint. The purported Juarez Cartel boss presented a false driver's license at first but later acknowledged his real identity, National Security Commissioner Monte Alejandro Rubido said. No shots were fired in the brief operation. Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam called the arrest "a capture of great importance." Authorities say Carrillo Fuentes, 51, heads the cartel founded by his late brother, Amado Carrillo Fuentes, and both the U.S. and Mexico offered multimillion-dollar rewards for his arrest. Known as "The Viceroy" or "The General," he took over control of the Juarez gang after Amado, nicknamed "The Lord of the Skies," died in 1997 in a botched cosmetic surgery. Amado got his nickname by flying planeloads of drugs into the United States. |
| Posted by:Fred |