Mexico Knights Templar leader 'Loya Plancarte captured' [View all]

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Source: BBC

Mexican forces have captured one of the country's most wanted drug lords, officials say.

Dionicio Loya Plancarte, known as El Tio (The Uncle), was one of the leaders of the Knights Templar drug cartel in western Michoacan state, officials say.

The government had a 30m-peso ($2.2m; £1.3m) bounty on his head for drug and money-laundering crimes.

Troops were deployed to Michoacan earlier this month after vigilantes clashed with gang members.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25921971

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Mexican newspaper El Universal: Detienen a 'El Tío', uno de los líderes de Los Templarios