Leader of Mexico's brutal Zetas drug cartel captured

NBC.com ^ | 07.15.13

[Perdogg]

Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, the notoriously brutal leader of the feared Zetas drug cartel, has been captured in the first major blow against an organized crime leader by a Mexican administration struggling to drive down persistently high levels of violence, a U.S. federal official confirmed.

[Pan_Yan]

I just read the BBC article about this story. Apparently he had $2 million dollars and eight guns in the truck. If I were carrying $2m I'd have eight guns too. He also seems to have a thing for murdering large numbers of immigrants from Central and South America.

[yobid]

There’s an open position at the Dept of Homeland Security waiting for him.

[dfwgator]

Another pops up to take his place.

[scannell]

He will cut a deal with the prosecutors on behalf of the Obama administration for a guilty plea and will sentenced to time served for providing information as to who is renting out the donkeys on the drug trail.