Mexico captures drug cartel leader

El Tio

Mexican forces have captured one of the country’s most wanted drug lords, officials say.Dionicio Loya Plancarte, known as El Tio (The Uncle), was one of the leaders of the Knights Templar drug cartel in western Michoacan state, officials say.

The government had a 30m-peso ($2.2m; £1.3m) bounty on his head for drug and money-laundering crimes.Troops were deployed to Michoacan earlier this month after vigilantes clashed with gang members.The vigilantes accuse the government of not doing enough to protect locals from extortion and violence.Armed with high-powered weapons, they have pushed out the Knights Templar from some of their strongholds in the Tierra Caliente region.The army was sent in to restore order and disarm the so-called self-defence forces.
However, many have refused to lay down their weapons until the cartel’s main leaders are captured.


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