Tuesday, 24. August 2004
Topic: DRUGS - on August 24, 2004 at 4:21:00 PM CEST
Mexico jails top suspect in drug dealing
One of Mexico's most-wanted drug-trafficking suspects was captured without a shot fired over the weekend, authorities said Monday, the latest in a series of high-profile arrests by Mexican law enforcement using intelligence supplied by U.S. narcotics agents.
The arrest of Gilberto Higuera Guerrero in Mexicali on Sunday morning is a major victory in President Vicente Fox's campaign against Mexico's major drug cartels. Leaders in each of the four largest drug cartels have been arrested in recent months, although officials say the flow of drugs through Mexico into the United States probably has not receded.
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