More action with La Familia. (One small correction: Aguascalientes is northwest of Mexico City, not southeast.)
Mexican Police Arrest New Leader of Crime Gang - NYTimes.com: Mexico City. "Six months after killing the leader of La Familia Michoacana, one of the country’s most ruthless criminal gangs, Mexican police officials said Tuesday that they had arrested his successor, hoping to deliver a blow to the group and bolster public support for the war on organized crime.
The successor, José de Jesús Méndez Vargas, known as “el Chango,” slang for the Monkey, was captured by the federal police without a fight in the city of Aguascalientes, about 265 miles southeast of here, the police said.
Mr. Méndez took control of the gang after the death in December of Nazario Moreno González, known as “the Craziest One,” the leader and a founder of the group. It is known both for spiritual dimensions that give it shades of a religious cult and for beheading its rivals."
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