Politics
Alleged Mexican Pacific cartel leader detained
Updated: 2011-03-31 12:51
(Xinhua)
MEXICO CITY - Mexican federal agents Wednesday detained Bernabe Monje Silva, known as "El M14" and believed to be the leader of the Pacific drug cartel, the Federal Police (PFP) said.
Monje is also a member of La Linea cartel. Before that he was a policeman in northern Chihuahua state. He was suspected as the mastermind of numerous operations of illegal drug distribution, weapon trafficking and car robbery in the states of Durango, Sinaloa and Mexico City, the PFP said.
The police seized three Ak-47 machine guns, three short guns, multiple rounds of ammunitions, as well as communication equipment and three vehicles, according to the PFP.
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