Mexico City (AFP) - Mexican federal forces have arrested the son of the Jalisco New Generation drug cartel's leader, an official said Tuesday, dealing a blow to a gang that has violently defied authorities.
It is the second time that authorities arrest Ruben Oseguera, the son of Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera, as he was released in December due to lack of evidence, the official from the attorney general's office told AFP.
Ruben Oseguera, alias "El Menchito" (Little Mencho), was arrested by federal police and soldiers but the official did not have more details.
Local media said Oseguera was captured on Tuesday in the western state of Jalisco, the bastion of the cartel, which has killed some 30 police officers and soldiers since March and on May 1 downed a military helicopter with a rocket-propelled grenade.
Federal police killed 42 suspected cartel members on a ranch in the neighboring state of Michoacan on May 22.
Authorities say they died in a gunfight, but the National Human Rights Commission is investigating whether abuses were committed after the lopsided death toll . . .
