Whack-a-mole: Is former Washington State resident now a Mexican drug cartel leader? | Yakima Herald-Republic

More proof that calling it "Mexico's drug war" is a false dichotomy. It is ours.

Is former Tieton resident now a Mexican drug cartel leader? | Yakima Herald-Republic: "YAKIMA, Wash. -- The man who Mexican authorities say is a leader in a violent drug cartel responsible for the deaths of more than 200 people once lived in the Tieton area, friends and acquaintances said Tuesday.

The man, identified as 34-year-old Martin Omar Estrada Luna, was arrested Saturday by the Mexican navy. Several other suspected members of the Los Zetas drug cartel were also arrested.

Friends and acquaintances in the Yakima Valley say the man paraded before the Mexican media Sunday had plenty of run-ins with authorities here before being deported"