MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico captured its most-wanted man, drug kingpin Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, in his native northwestern state early on Saturday after a months-long operation with help from certain U.S. agencies, Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam said.
Officials have confirmed Guzman's identity "100 percent", and the operation passed off without a single shot fired, he added.
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