Mexican Drug Gang Leader

Nineteen suspected gang members and 10 military personnel died during events surrounding the arrest of Mexican drug cartel leader Ovidio Guzman in the northern state of Sinaloa, Defense Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval said.

A suspected Mexican drug gang leader linked to the killings of a Jalisco state official and a Venezuelan model was arrested on a boat off the Caribbean coast, authorities said on Tuesday.

Gunfights broke out and vehicles were set ablaze on Friday in one of Mexico's biggest cities along the US border, after security forces arrested a leader of one of the main drug gangs in the area.

Mexican authorities have arrested the suspected leaders of the Independent Cartel of Acapulco, one of the drug gangs responsible for the Pacific resort's deadly violence, officials said Tuesday.

Marines detained one of the leaders of the La Familia drug gang who controlled Mexico State, near Mexico City, a top security official said Wednesday.

The Mexican government said on Saturday it had captured the leader of a drug gang allied with a dangerous cartel in the violent southwestern state of Guerrero.

Nineteen suspected gang members and 10 military personnel died during events surrounding the arrest of Mexican drug cartel leader Ovidio Guzman in the northern state of Sinaloa, Defense Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval said.

A suspected Mexican drug gang leader linked to the killings of a Jalisco state official and a Venezuelan model was arrested on a boat off the Caribbean coast, authorities said on Tuesday.

Gunfights broke out and vehicles were set ablaze on Friday in one of Mexico's biggest cities along the US border, after security forces arrested a leader of one of the main drug gangs in the area.

Mexican authorities have arrested the suspected leaders of the Independent Cartel of Acapulco, one of the drug gangs responsible for the Pacific resort's deadly violence, officials said Tuesday.

Marines detained one of the leaders of the La Familia drug gang who controlled Mexico State, near Mexico City, a top security official said Wednesday.

The Mexican government said on Saturday it had captured the leader of a drug gang allied with a dangerous cartel in the violent southwestern state of Guerrero.