Mexican cartel boss detained

MEXICAN authorities have detained the man who led the Zetas drug cartel’s operations in the eastern coastal state where the resort city of Cancun is located, federal police said.

The suspect, Victor Manuel Perez Izquierdo, was in charge of kidnappings, extortion and killings for the Zetas in Quintana Roo state, a federal police statement said.

Police said information gleaned from the arrest of 10 other alleged Zeta members in Cancun led to his capture.

While Quintana Roo has not seen the levels of violence plaguing Mexico’s northern border states, it is a major drug trafficking zone.