Firefighters work on a burning car outside a store after an operation by security forces against organized crime in Celaya, in Guanajuato state, Mexico June 20, 2020. REUTERS/Sergio Maldonado
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - One of the most wanted Mexican cartel leaders threatened the government and his arch-foes in highly unusual video messages, including one where he can be seen fighting back tears after his mother was detained over the weekend.
Jose "El Marro" Yepez, leader of the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel, that has been a thorn in the side of the President Andres Lopez Obrador's government due to his gang's industrial-scale siphoning of petroleum from state-run oil company Pemex.
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