Mexican troops have captured among the nation’s most wanted drug-gang leaders. Mario Ramirez Trevino, known as X-20, is said to be the head of the drug and marijuana-smuggling Gulf Cartel.
It is the second high-profile arrest considering that President Enrique Pena Nieto concerned power last December. The United States government was offering an incentive of $5m (� 3.2 m) for details resulting in the capture of Mr Ramirez, while Mexico provided about $3m.
Ramirez Trevino is believed to have actually taken over as leader of the Gulf Cartel after the arrest of Jorge Eduardo Costilla, known as The Coss, last September.Mexican media reported that the medicine lord was arrested by a joint Army and Marines operation in Rio Bravo, in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas.
Mexico Gulf Cartel leader Mario Ramirez Trevino captured
‘As violent as Trevino Morales’.
The indoor ministry verified the arrest on Twitter.
“This morning, the Mexican Army has actually caught Mario Armando Ramirez Trevino,” it said. The Mexican authorities are anticipated to make an official announcement of the arrest on Sunday and have so far not offered much information on the arrest.
The leader of the Gulf Cartel was wanted by United States authorities because 2006.
He is thought about “a minimum of as violent” the leader of the infamously unmerciful Zetas cartel, Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, who was likewise apprehended last month.
Authorities think he had sufficient impact to try unifying the Gulf and Zeta cartels, which made use of to be one organization till its management broke off in 2010, Mexican media reports.
The Zetas started as the enforcement arm of the Gulf Cartel, an additional powerful criminal gang.
Mexico Gulf Cartel leader Mario Ramirez Trevino captured
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