Mexico captures Zetas drug kingpin in another blow to cartels

Journalists stand outside the house where Omar Trevino, leader of the Zetas drug cartel, was detained by federal forces in San Pedro Garza, near Monterrey March 4, 2015. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican security forces on Wednesday arrested the leader of the bloody Zetas drug cartel, the second high-profile capture of a kingpin in the past week and a boost to President Enrique Pena Nieto's efforts to battle organised crime.

Omar Trevino, brother of captured ex-Zetas leader Miguel Angel Trevino, was caught by soldiers and federal police in the northern city of Monterrey before dawn on Wednesday, National Security Commission Director Monte Alejandro Rubido told reporters at Mexico City's airport.