Mexico arrests leading drug kingpin

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last updated 8 January 2015

The government of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto scored a major drug-war victory on Wednesday with the arrest of Hector Beltran Leyva, one of the country's most high-profile drug bosses. The arrest was expected to be a devastating blow to the Beltran Leyva gang, which had feuded with the powerful kingpin Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, a former ally. Troops reportedly captured Beltran Leyva in a seafood restaurant in the tourist town of San Miguel de Allende. Auhorities are conducting tests to confirm his identity. Read more at CNN.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.

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