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| Top Mexican 'drug baron' arrested | Top Mexican 'drug baron' arrested |
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| One of Mexico's most-wanted alleged drug traffickers, Teodoro "El Teo" Garcia Simental, has been arrested, officials say. | One of Mexico's most-wanted alleged drug traffickers, Teodoro "El Teo" Garcia Simental, has been arrested, officials say. |
| He was picked up in the city of La Paz on the Baja California peninsula. Mr Garcia has been blamed for rising violence in the border city of Tijuana. | He was picked up in the city of La Paz on the Baja California peninsula. Mr Garcia has been blamed for rising violence in the border city of Tijuana. |
| A $2m reward had been offered for information leading his capture. | A $2m reward had been offered for information leading his capture. |
| He is the second alleged drug baron to be detained by the Mexican government in less than a month. | He is the second alleged drug baron to be detained by the Mexican government in less than a month. |
| "No shots were fired. It was a very fast operation. The investigation has been going on for a long time," a police officer who took part in the raid told Reuters. | |
| Mr Garcia is believed to be behind a wave of attacks in Tijuana in recent years. | |
| Last year, a hitman called "the soup-maker" confessed to dissolving hundreds of bodies in acid for Mr Garcia. |