The alleged leader of the New Juarez Cartel, who is known as 'Ugly Betty', has been arrested by police in Mexico.
Alberto Carrillo Fuentes, 47, was seized in the western state of Nayarit and faces charges of drug trafficking, murder and organised crime.
He is believed to have taken over the drug cartel named after Cuidad Juarez, the city bordering Texas, after his brother Vicente, 'The Viceroy', gave up the job.
The original group was founded by another brother, Amado Carrillo Fuentes, alias 'The Lord of the Skies', who died in mysterious circumstances following plastic surgery in 1997.
He was allegedly given his nickname because of a fleet of aeroplanes he used to fly cocaine into Mexico.
It is not known where the other brothers' aliases originated.
According to the weekly magazine Proceso, the Juarez gang was in an intense turf war in several northwestern states against the Sinaloa cartel led by Joaquin 'Shorty' Guzman, Mexico's most wanted man.
In February it was reported that Guzman had been shot dead but this was never confirmed.
The two cartels waged a fierce battle for control of Ciudad Juarez in recent years and Guzman is believed to have come out on top.
The city was once considered the world's murder capital but the murder rate has dropped since a peak of more than 3,000 in 2010.
Carrillo Fuentes's arrest is the latest in a series of captures of high-profile drug lords since July.
Authorities detained Zetas cartel kingpin Miguel Angel Trevino, alias 'Z-40', on July 15, followed by Gulf cartel leader Mario Ramirez Trevino on August 17.
Alberto Carrillo Fuentes, 47, was seized in the western state of Nayarit and faces charges of drug trafficking, murder and organised crime.
He is believed to have taken over the drug cartel named after Cuidad Juarez, the city bordering Texas, after his brother Vicente, 'The Viceroy', gave up the job.
The original group was founded by another brother, Amado Carrillo Fuentes, alias 'The Lord of the Skies', who died in mysterious circumstances following plastic surgery in 1997.
He was allegedly given his nickname because of a fleet of aeroplanes he used to fly cocaine into Mexico.
It is not known where the other brothers' aliases originated.
According to the weekly magazine Proceso, the Juarez gang was in an intense turf war in several northwestern states against the Sinaloa cartel led by Joaquin 'Shorty' Guzman, Mexico's most wanted man.
In February it was reported that Guzman had been shot dead but this was never confirmed.
The two cartels waged a fierce battle for control of Ciudad Juarez in recent years and Guzman is believed to have come out on top.
The city was once considered the world's murder capital but the murder rate has dropped since a peak of more than 3,000 in 2010.
Carrillo Fuentes's arrest is the latest in a series of captures of high-profile drug lords since July.
Authorities detained Zetas cartel kingpin Miguel Angel Trevino, alias 'Z-40', on July 15, followed by Gulf cartel leader Mario Ramirez Trevino on August 17.
Source : SkyNews , Excelsior
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