A picture of drug kingpin Dionisio Loya Plancarte is displayed on a screen during a news conference at the Interior Minister in Mexico City January 27, 2014. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico said on Monday it had captured a leader of the Knights Templar, a violent drug cartel that has created a major security problem for President Enrique Pena Nieto.
The attorney general's office said security forces arrested Dionisio Loya Plancarte, known as "El Tio" ('The Uncle'), a top member of the Knights Templar, which has clashed with vigilante groups in the western state of Michoacan this year.
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