Mexico City - Mexican officials say federal police have
arrested a man suspected of leading a drug cartel that moved 76 tons of cocaine
into the U.S. between 2000 and 2003.
The U.S. posted a $5 million reward for the capture of Tirso
Martinez Sanchez, who was arrested Sunday in the city of Leon.
Officials say Martinez worked with powerful cartels including
the Carrillo Fuentes and Beltran Leyva organizations, as well as Colombian
smugglers Victor and Miguel Mejia Munera.
Martinez is being held in the high-security Altiplano prison
in the state of Mexico.
The State Department says his group used front companies to
smuggle cocaine in boats, rail tankers and trucks across Mexico’s border with
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