Mexico - SPA
Mexican authorities have captured a suspected
leader of one of the country's largest organized crime groups, dpa quoted officials as saying late Wednesday.
Ivan Velazquez Caballero, konwn as El Taliban, was thought to be
in charge of the Los Zetas group, based in the central state of San
Luis Potosi, said officials of the navy, which arrested him.
A spate of violence has broken out in the area amid suspected
clashes between rival factions in the group.
Velazquez Caballero, also known as Z-50 and L-50, featured on the
country's most-wanted list, and had a bounty of 30 million pesos (2.3
million dollars) on his head.