(AP) In a major blow to one of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels, authorities say they arrested a high-level Zetas cartel boss known as “El Taliban.”
Ivan Velazquez Caballero, one of the country’s most-wanted drug traffickers, was paraded before the media during a press conference Thursday morning.
Velazquez Caballero allegedly has been fighting a bloody internal battle with top Zetas' leader Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, and officials have said the split was behind a recent surge in massacres and shootouts, particularly in northern Mexico.
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Friday, September 28, 2012
Mexican Zetas Leader 'El Taliban' Arrested
Mexican Zetas Leader 'El Taliban' Arrested
2012-09-28T13:29:00-04:00
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