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Alleged chief of violent Mexican cartel captured

(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-01-13 08:02
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Alleged chief of violent Mexican cartel captured

Mexican Federal Police escort Teodoro Garcia Simental, known as "El Teo" or "Tres Letras" (L) and Diego Raimundo Guerrero members of Tijuana cartels after being presented to the media in Mexico City January 12, 2010. Mexican police on Tuesday captured Garcia Simental, a drug kingpin known for having the corpses of tortured rivals dissolved in acid and blamed for much of a surge in violence in the northern border city of Tijuana, police said. [Agencies]