Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:49 PM ET
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's army has arrested a leading member of one of the country's most notorious drug cartels, the attorney-general's office said on Monday.
Soldiers detained Alfredo Beltran Leyva on Sunday in the northwestern city of Culiacan, a spokeswoman for the office said. Beltran Leyva and three other people arrested with him were carrying some $900,000 in cash in two suitcases.
Prosecutors say Beltran Leyva is a close associate of Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, Mexico's most wanted man and the head of an alliance of smugglers based in Sinaloa state.
The Sinaloa gang is in a bitter fight with the rival Gulf Cartel, based just south of Texas, for control of smuggling routes.
Labels: Drug Cartels, Mexican Military
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