Posted on 10/30/2009 10:58:11 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch
Police have captured a suspected member of a notorious drug cartel.
The Jalisco state attorney general's office says Abel Valadez Oribe is accused of trafficking drugs, kidnapping and extortion.
Valadez Oribe is also known by the nickname of "El Clinton"and is a suspected leader of the La Familia Michoacana cartel.
He was arrested on a highway in Guadalajara late Tuesday.
The La Familia cartel mixes violence and pseudo-religion to inspire its traffickers and says its purpose is to protect the local population from rival drug gangs.
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