Nabbed: Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, one of Mexico's most-wanted drug lords and leader of the Cartel de Juarez"drug trafficking organization, is arrested by Mexican Federal Police at Torreon City in Northern Mexico.
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Mexican security forces on Thursday captured the leader of the once-feared Juarez Cartel in the country's restive north, making it the second drug kingpin to fall in just over a week.
Vicente Carrillo, 51, long-time head of the Juarez Cartel, was a fierce rival of Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel and the world's most wanted drug boss until his capture in February.
A turf war between the two cartels in 2009-2011 unleashed a bloodbath in Ciudad Juarez, in Chihuahua state on Mexico's border with Texas, making it one of the most violent places in the world.
Carrillo, alias 'The Viceroy', was captured after identifying himself with a false name at a checkpoint in the northern city of Torreon, national security commissioner Monte Rubido said in a press conference.
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'The criminal organization that he led up until today led to the strengthening in Chihuahua of various groups that at one time contributed to Juarez being considered one of the most violent cities in the world,' Rubido said.
United States had put a $5 million bounty on Carrillo's head, while Mexico had offered a 30 million peso ($2.24 million) reward.[. . .]
It also comes as the government is grappling with public outrage at an apparent massacre of trainee teachers by police in league with gang members, which has triggered mass anti-government protests.
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Hitmen for the Juarez Cartel were behind the high-profile murders of Lesley Enriquez, an employee of the U.S. consulate in Ciudad Juarez, as well as her husband and the husband of another consulate employee in 2010.
'The criminal organization that he led up until today led to the strengthening in Chihuahua of various groups that at one time contributed to Juarez being considered one of the most violent cities in the world,' Rubido said.
United States had put a $5 million bounty on Carrillo's head, while Mexico had offered a 30 million peso ($2.24 million) reward.[. . .]
It also comes as the government is grappling with public outrage at an apparent massacre of trainee teachers by police in league with gang members, which has triggered mass anti-government protests.
[. . .]
Hitmen for the Juarez Cartel were behind the high-profile murders of Lesley Enriquez, an employee of the U.S. consulate in Ciudad Juarez, as well as her husband and the husband of another consulate employee in 2010.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2787206/Mexico-captures-Juarez-Cartel-boss-government-source.html
One of Mexico's most-wanted drug lords who goes by the name 'El Viceroy' arrested during traffic stop
Vicente Carrillo, 51, arrested Thursday in Torreon, a city in northern Mexico
Head of the Juarez Cartel since 1997
Known as 'The Viceroy'
Carrillo gave a fake name at a checkpoint stop
United States had a $5 million bounty on his head
Carrillo's arrest is part of 'the end of the era of the narco', officials said
International drug smuggling rings are now controlled by smaller groups rather than large organizations like Juarez Cartel
By REUTERS REPORTER
Daily Mail (UK)
PUBLISHED: 22:00 EST, 9 October 2014 | UPDATED: 16:53 EST, 10 October 2014
One of Mexico's most-wanted drug lords who goes by the name 'El Viceroy' arrested during traffic stop
Vicente Carrillo, 51, arrested Thursday in Torreon, a city in northern Mexico
Head of the Juarez Cartel since 1997
Known as 'The Viceroy'
Carrillo gave a fake name at a checkpoint stop
United States had a $5 million bounty on his head
Carrillo's arrest is part of 'the end of the era of the narco', officials said
International drug smuggling rings are now controlled by smaller groups rather than large organizations like Juarez Cartel
By REUTERS REPORTER
Daily Mail (UK)
PUBLISHED: 22:00 EST, 9 October 2014 | UPDATED: 16:53 EST, 10 October 2014
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