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Leader of Mexico's Zetas cartel held Mexico arrests Zetas cartel leader Omar Trevino Morales
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Omar Trevino Morales, the leader of Mexico's Zetas drugs cartel, has been captured, officials say The leader of one of Mexico's most notorious drugs gang, the Zetas cartel, has been captured by security forces, officials say.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. Omar Trevino Morales, known as Z-42, was arrested on Wednesday in the city of Monterrey in the northern state of Nuevo Leon, police said.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. He is said to have run the cartel since the 2013 arrest of his brother, Miguel.
The arrest comes days after Mexican police captured another suspected drug lord, Servando "La Tuta" Gomez.
Mr Gomez was the leader of the Knights Templar cartel.
Omar Trevino Morales is wanted in the US and Mexico on charges of drug trafficking, kidnap and murder.
Mexican media, citing officials, said he had been seized in the Monterrey suburb of San Pedro Garza Garcia.
The Zetas cartel began in the 1990s as the enforcement arm of another powerful criminal gang, the Gulf Cartel.
They were made up of defectors from an elite military unit and quickly became known for their brutality.