Drug kingpin nabbed in western Mexico - Fox News Latino

Drug kingpin nabbed in western Mexico - Fox News Latino: "reputed head of the La Familia Michoacana drug cartel's operation en Morelia, the capital of the western Mexican state of Michoacan, was arrested by the Federal Police, officials Tuesday.
Jose Alfredo Landa Torres was in charge of managing people, overseeing finances, bribing officials and distributing drugs, the Public Safety Secretariat said.
Landa took control of the cartel's operations in Morelia following the arrests of previous bosses Miguel Ortiz Miranda, who was captured in June, and Jose Luis Garcia Vazquez, arrested in August, the secretariat said.
The drug trafficker was arrested Monday in a Morelia neighborhood, the Public Safety Secretariat said.
Landa was arrested in California at the age of 17 for selling marijuana and crack cocaine, officials said.
He joined La Familia Michoacana in 2007 on the recommendation of Servando Gomez, alias 'La Tuta,' one of the cartel's top leaders."