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Drug cartel leader on Treasury blacklist arrested in Mexico
Police have arrested the deputy leader of the Beltran Leyva drug cartel in Mexico City as he visited the capital, authorities said Wednesday. Arnoldo Villa Sanchez was arrested by federal police on Tuesday, three days after he arrived to see family and associates during Holy Week, said National Security Commissioner Monte Alejandro Rubido. At a news conference, Rubido described Villa, 40, as the second highest member of the criminal group headed by Hector Beltran Leyva. He was arrested along with a bodyguard as they moved in a car and “both tried to resist but were they were detained without a shot being fired,” ... (full story)