Suspect in Mexican Drug Killings Captured

Posted on Apr 17, 2011

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A digital wanted poster of Martin Omar Estrada Luna, nicknamed “El Kilo.”

The Mexican government has reportedly captured Martin “El Kilo” Omar Estrada Luna, a leader of the Zetas drug gang that is suspected of killing more than 100 people in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas. —JCL

Al-Jazeera English

The Mexican Navy has said it has captured a suspected leader of the Zetas drug gang allegedly behind the mass killings of more than 100 people in northeastern Mexico.

Martin Omaar Estrada Luna, said to be the local leader of the gang, was captured on Saturday. He is accused of masterminding the murders of 145 people in Tamaulipas state near the US border.

Their remains were discovered in a mass grave earlier this month.

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