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| Arrest over Mexican drug murders | Arrest over Mexican drug murders |
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| A senior member of a Mexican drug cartel has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the murders of 17 people at a rehab centre, reports say. | A senior member of a Mexican drug cartel has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the murders of 17 people at a rehab centre, reports say. |
| Jose Rodolfo Escajeda, a suspected hitman and drug smuggler, was held in connection with the murders in the city of Juarez, near the border with Texas. | Jose Rodolfo Escajeda, a suspected hitman and drug smuggler, was held in connection with the murders in the city of Juarez, near the border with Texas. |
| He has long been on wanted lists held by both the Mexican government and the US Drug Enforcement Administration. | He has long been on wanted lists held by both the Mexican government and the US Drug Enforcement Administration. |
| Meanwhile, a state politician and his family were killed in Tabasco state. | Meanwhile, a state politician and his family were killed in Tabasco state. |
| The bodies of Jose Francisco Fuentes - a state congressional candidate - his wife and two young sons were found with many bullet wounds at their house in the state capital, Villahermosa, according to state Attorney General Rafael Gonzalez Lastra. | The bodies of Jose Francisco Fuentes - a state congressional candidate - his wife and two young sons were found with many bullet wounds at their house in the state capital, Villahermosa, according to state Attorney General Rafael Gonzalez Lastra. |
| Authorities in the state have in recent days arrested gunmen suspected of working for Mexico's notorious Gulf drug cartel | Authorities in the state have in recent days arrested gunmen suspected of working for Mexico's notorious Gulf drug cartel |
| Turf wars | Turf wars |
| According to Mexican media reports, Mr Escajeda was arrested by Mexican troops on Friday. | According to Mexican media reports, Mr Escajeda was arrested by Mexican troops on Friday. |
| Thought to be a senior figure in the Juarez cartel, he is suspected of involvement in the attack last week in which gunmen stormed into a drug treatment clinic, lined patients up against a wall and killed at least 17 of them. | Thought to be a senior figure in the Juarez cartel, he is suspected of involvement in the attack last week in which gunmen stormed into a drug treatment clinic, lined patients up against a wall and killed at least 17 of them. |
| The BBC's Stephen Gibbs, in Mexico, says the attack shocked even the violence-weary residents of Ciudad Juarez, where there have been an average of 10 murders every day this year. | The BBC's Stephen Gibbs, in Mexico, says the attack shocked even the violence-weary residents of Ciudad Juarez, where there have been an average of 10 murders every day this year. |
| Juarez is the setting of a vicious turf war, principally between two gangs - the Juarez cartel, and the Sinaloa cartel, which is led by Mexico's most wanted man and reported billionaire, Joaquin Guzman. | Juarez is the setting of a vicious turf war, principally between two gangs - the Juarez cartel, and the Sinaloa cartel, which is led by Mexico's most wanted man and reported billionaire, Joaquin Guzman. |
| The gangs are fighting for control of the local drug market, and smuggling routes into the United States. | |
| About 1,400 people have died in Juarez's drug violence this year. | About 1,400 people have died in Juarez's drug violence this year. |
| Thousands of extra police and troops have been deployed in Ciudad Juarez to try to stem the violence. | Thousands of extra police and troops have been deployed in Ciudad Juarez to try to stem the violence. |
| More than 13,000 people have been killed since the Mexican government ordered the military to take the offensive against the drug gangs in 2006. | More than 13,000 people have been killed since the Mexican government ordered the military to take the offensive against the drug gangs in 2006. |