Mexico captures alleged drug cartel lieutenant

Police in Mexico have captured an alleged former Sinaloa drug cartel lieutenant accused of being involved in the killings of over 350 people found in mass graves in 2011.

Police in the northern state of Chihuahua detained Mario Nunez, aged 39, also known as “M-10”, in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, said federal security spokesman Eduardo Sanchez.

Nunez, a former police officer, began working with the Juarez Cartel before joining the rival Sinaloa group allegedly led by Mexico’s most-wanted man, Joaquin Guzman.