Suspected drug baron arrested in Mexico

A former police officer who allegedly admits ordering 1,500 killings during a campaign of terror as a drug gang chieftain along the US border has been captured in northern Mexico, federal officials said.

Suspected drug baron arrested in Mexico

A former police officer who allegedly admits ordering 1,500 killings during a campaign of terror as a drug gang chieftain along the US border has been captured in northern Mexico, federal officials said.

Jose Antonio Acosta Hernandez also is a suspect in last year's killing of a US consulate employee near a border crossing in Ciudad Juarez.

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