Mexico Gulf Cartel leader Mario Ramirez Trevino captured

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

18 August 2013 Last updated at 01:03 GMT

Mexican troops captured one of the country's most wanted drug-gang leaders in a raid on Saturday.

Mario Ramirez Trevino, known as X-20, is said to be the head of the cocaine and marijuana-smuggling Gulf Cartel.

It is the second high-profile arrest since President Enrique Pena Nieto came to power last December.

The US government was offering a reward of $5m (£3.2m) for information leading to the capture of Mr Ramirez, while Mexico offered about $3m.

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[Sunlei]

1. This is huge for Mexico. The main admin has always seemed afraid for their lives to touch druglords.

[Comrade Grumpy]

5. It's a nice PR coup for Pena Nieto. That's two capos in a couple of weeks.

But it will have little impact on the drug trade, and may provoke even more violence as people fight to replace him.

Meanwhile, everybody thinks Chapo has the government in his pocket.

[Jesus Malverde]

2. El chapo says...thanks! Nt

[a la izquierda]

3. Probably wont make much difference.

There are willing participants to replace him.

[gtar100]

4. 1) Make drugs illegal; 2) Create black market for drugs; 3) Capture cartel leader and be a hero

What would Trevino have done had it not been for laws banning the sale and distribution of marijuana and cocaine? Stuck to petty crime? They got one of the bad guys - good! But governments could get rid of this whole problem by legalizing drugs and regulating them like alcohol. If they are so damned concerned about the citizens, set up a system that provides universal health care and higher education.

[Guaguacoa]

6. Pena Nieto's narcogobierno is only doing it at the behest of chapo or someone else.

Crime has shot up here since pena nieto got elected, the media just does not report it near as much.