(SomaliNet) Mexican security forces have captured a leader of one of Mexico's biggest drug gangs in the border town of Tijuana. Eduardo Arellano Félix was one of the heads of the Arellano Félix family cartel, the gang that dominated the drug trade around Tijuana.
Situated close to the border with the United States, the area around the town has been ravaged for years by violence between rival drug gangs, all fighting each other for control of the lucrative smuggling routes into the US. This year alone, the violence has cost the lives of hundreds of people.
The Mexican government recently declared war on the violent drug trade and considers this latest arrest a major stroke of luck. |