Servando 'La Tuta' Gomez ( (Photo : Reuters)
Mexican authorities were successful in its recent crackdown against cartel operation in the country as the government captured the most wanted drug lord, Servando "La Tuta" Gomez.
Gomez who previously worked as a primary school teacher is the 49-year-old head honcho of the Knights Templar cartel. He is the prime target of Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto's crackdown against cartels especially those operating around Michoacan. The western state of Mexico has been the center of some of the bloodiest gunfight as Gomez's cartel fights off armed vigilantes in vying control of the region, according to Al Jazeera.
President Nieto wants to uplift the degrading image of the state police after some officers were linked to the massacre of 43 trainee teachers in late September 2014. The incident brought president Nieto's regime into deep crisis. The public was so outraged that it prompted Attorney General Jesus Murillo to step down of his office.
Months of intelligence work finally paid off for the federal police captured Gomez along with some of his people at a house in the Morelia, the capital of Michoacan. The police report added that not a single shot was fired during the entire operation.
Officials said that Gomez has eight pending arrest warrants. These includes charges for murder, extortion, illegal arms trade, kidnapping and drug trafficking.
Gomez is also wanted by the United States for charges of illegal trafficking off methamphetamine and cocaine. The US Justice Department added that Gomez was involved in the murder of 12 Mexican police officials on 2009.
The Mexican government started its drug cartel crackdown in 2007 and since then more than 100,000 people have been killed due to gang-related violence, according to Reuters.
