Mexico 'Gulf cartel boss' Jorge Eduardo Costilla caught

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19582382


Mexican officials say marines have captured a man believed to be one of the country's most wanted drug lords, Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sanchez.

Mr Costilla, a suspected Gulf cartel leader, was detained in the northern state of Tamaulipas, they said.

His capture follows the arrest last week of the suspected head of a rival Gulf faction, Mario Cardenas Guillen.

The Gulf cartel has been engaged in a bloody battle with the Zetas drug gang for trafficking routes into the US.