TEMPO.CO, Mexico City - Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, also known as 'Z-40', ruthless leader of one of Mexico's most notorious drug cartels, the 'Los Zetas', has been captured by the country's authorities during a raid.
Miguel was arrested on Monday by Mexican marine forces just outside his hometown of Nuevo Laredo.
Eduardo Sanchez, the Mexican government spokesman, stated that the Mexican marines intercepted a truck carrying Trevino Morales, US$ 2 million in cash, a bodyguard, an accountant, and eight firearms.
Sanchez said the Marines had been watching the area for signs of Miguel, who is charged with murder, torture, kidnapping and other crimes in both the United States and Mexico.
Al Jazeera cited that Miguel Angel Trevino Morales is one of the two most powerful cartel leaders in Mexico. He is the leader of a corps of special forces defectors that established their own cartel in 2010 and has since expanded from drug dealing into various crimes like extortion, kidnapping and human trafficking.
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