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Eugene

(61,881 posts)
Sat May 17, 2014, 10:16 PM May 2014

Mexico 'Los Rojos crime cartel boss' arrested

Source: BBC

18 May 2014 Last updated at 01:10 GMT

Mexico 'Los Rojos crime cartel boss' arrested

Mexican authorities say they have jailed the head of a major criminal gang in the southern state of Guerrero.

The alleged boss of the Los Rojos – the Reds – cartel, Leonor Nava Romero, was arrested on Friday.

He is alleged to be a close partner of one of Mexico's most wanted crime barons, Hector Beltran Leyva, and accused of murders and kidnappings.

In February, the authorities arrested the boss of the Sinaloa Cartel,

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Investigators say Mr Nava Romero is linked to operations arms smuggling operations of the Beltran Leyva cartel into the US.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-27459583
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Mexico 'Los Rojos crime cartel boss' arrested (Original Post) Eugene May 2014 OP
Wait a minute pipoman May 2014 #1
 

pipoman

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1. Wait a minute
Sat May 17, 2014, 10:47 PM
May 2014

He smuggles arms *into* the US? The wording is a bit muddy...seems I have heard many proclaim all the guns in Mexico are smuggled *out* of the US. Interesting. ..

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