| | |  News Around the Republic of Mexico | April 2009 
Mexico Nabs Drug Gang Leader on Most-Wanted List
 Associated Press
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| | Mexican Federal Police presents Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa, suspected leader of the Zetas, the Gulf cartel's feared armed wing, to the media in Mexico City April 29, 2009. (Reuters/Felipe Leon) | |
Mexico City – Mexican police have arrested suspected Zeta gang leader Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa, one of Mexico's 24 most-wanted drug traffickers.
Federal police say Sauceda Gamboa was detained in the border city of Matamoros, across the border from Brownsville, Texas.
Sauceda Gamboa appears on a list of 24 alleged drug traffickers published by prosecutors in March. Authorities have offered rewards of up to $2.1 million for each suspect.
Police said Wednesday that they also seized five rifles and more than 4,500 rounds of ammunition in the raid that netted Sauceda Gamboa.
The Zetas are a violent drug gang based in the states along Mexico's Gulf coast, and have been involved in many of the killings that have taken more than 10,650 lives since 2006. |
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