MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico has captured a leader of the country's Gulf Cartel in one of the highest-profile arrests in months in President Felipe Calderon's war on drug gangs.
Mexican marines escort Mario Cardenas Guillen (R), alias ''El Gordo or El M-1'', as he is presented to the media in Mexico City September 4, 2012.
Credit: Reuters/Henry Romero
By Lizbeth Diaz and David Alire Garcia
MEXICO CITY | Wed Sep 5, 2012 12:01am EDT
Mario Cardenas, alias "Fatso," was captured in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas on Monday by Mexican marines. He was paraded in front of the media in Mexico City on Tuesday.
"The capture was carried out following an infantry operation yesterday in Altamira, Tamaulipas, as (Cardenas) brandished a large weapon in the entrance of a building," Navy spokesman Vice Admiral Jose Luis Vergarathe said.
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