Gulf Cartel (CDG) drug kingpin Juan Manuel Rodriguez Garcia is being escorted by police during a presentation at the Attorney's General Office hangar in Mexico City May 25, 2014. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican authorities said on Sunday they had captured one of the top leaders of the Gulf drug cartel who was responsible for a recent wave of shoot outs and massacres in the northern state of Tamaulipas.
Juan Rodriguez Garcia was arrested in a wealthy suburb of the northern industrial city Monterrey, National Security Commissioner Monte Alejandro Rubido told a news conference in Mexico City.
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