Mexican police capture ‘King of Heroin’

MEXICAN police have arrested a suspected top supplier of heroin to the United States, known as “The King of Heroin,” security officials said yesterday.

Jose Antonio Medina was presented to the press in Mexico as a new US government report underlined the growing dominance of Mexican drug cartels on the illegal US drug market, including an increasing production of heroin in Mexico.

Medina, also known as “Don Pepe,” delivered an average of 200 kilos (440 pounds) of heroin a month to the United States, mainly to Los Angeles, earning some 12 million dollars, Ramon Pequeno, head of the anti-drug squad, said at a news conference.