Mexico lead drug trafficker captured

Mexico appeared to strike a major blow against one faction of the hyper-violent Zetas cartel, with the navy announcing it has captured one of the country's most-wanted drug traffickers, Ivan Velazquez Caballero, known as "El Taliban." (Sept. 27)

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Confiscated money, grenades, and guns are displayed during the media presentation of the alleged leader of a faction of the hyper-violent Zetas cartel, Ivan Velazquez Caballero, known as "El Taliban," at the Mexican Navy's Center for Advanced Naval Studies in Mexico City,Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. Velazquez Caballero allegedly has been fighting a bloody internal battle with top Zetas' leader Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, and officials have said ... more
Confiscated money, grenades, and guns are displayed during the media presentation of the alleged leader of a faction of the hyper-violent Zetas cartel, Ivan Velazquez Caballero, known as "El Taliban," at the Mexican Navy's Center for Advanced Naval Studies in Mexico City,Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. Velazquez Caballero allegedly has been fighting a bloody internal battle with top Zetas' leader Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, and officials have said the split was behind a recent surge in massacres and shootouts, particularly in northern Mexico. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) less