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Mexico nabs a ‘most-wanted’ drug trafficker

Mexican police have arrested suspected Zeta gang leader Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa, one of Mexico's 24 most-wanted drug traffickers.
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Mexican Federal Police brings in Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa (white shirt) and Miguel Angel Reyes Grajales, suspected members of the Zetas, the Gulf cartel's feared armed wing, in Mexico City.Felipe Leon / Reuters
/ Source: The Associated Press

Mexican police have arrested suspected Zeta gang leader Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa, one of Mexico's 24 most-wanted drug traffickers.

Federal police say Sauceda Gamboa was detained in the border city of Matamoros, across the border from Brownsville, Texas.

Sauceda Gamboa appears on a list of 24 alleged drug traffickers published by prosecutors in March. Authorities have offered rewards of up to $2.1 million for each suspect.

Police said Wednesday that they also seized five rifles and more than 4,500 rounds of ammunition in the raid that netted Sauceda Gamboa.

The Zetas are a violent drug gang based in the states along Mexico's Gulf coast, and have been involved in many of the killings that have taken more than 10,650 lives since 2006.