Mexican Army Nabs Alleged Drug Gang Member
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Mexican soldiers have captured an alleged high-ranking member of a drug gang known as "The Family."
The Defense Department says Alberto Espinoza Barron was arrested in the Pacific coast state of Michoacan on Monday.
A Defense statement alleges he was in charge of U.S.-bound cocaine shipments arriving at the state's Lazaro Cardenas port from South America.
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He is also accused of bribing police, extorting businesses and ordering kidnappings and killings.
Mexico's Attorney General's office was interrogating him Wednesday.
Drug-related murders have nearly doubled this year to 5,300, federal officials say, despite a government crackdown on organized crime.