Mexico's Most Wanted Drug Lord Captured

Mexico's most wanted drug lord has been captured by police.

Leader of the Knights Templar drug Servando "La Tuta" Gomez, had had previously said he would rather die than be captured, was arrested in in Morelia in Michoacan state.


Before being helicoptered to a maximum security prison, he was paraded in front of video cameras in Mexico City.

Police spent months gathering intelligence for the operation and reportedly seized nearby properties in the weeks leading up Mr Gomez's capture.

After month's spent gathering intelligence, authorities said they were led to Gomez, who was captured without a shot being fired, by following one of his messengers.

They lay in wait, then sprung the trap when he stepped outside his house.

When he was captured he was wearing a hat and scarf to conceal his identity.

Several weapons, including a grenade launcher were also capture, as were eight of his associates and his brother.

On Twitter, President Enrique Pena Nieto declared the arrest had strengthened the rule of law.


He said: "With this arrest, the rule of law is strengthened in the country and [we] continue moving toward Mexico in Peace."

Before his life as one of Mexio's most notorius drug lords, Gomez had been a school teacher.

Refering to his past career, he also went by the name of "La Tuta" and "El Profe".

While many of his peers in the drug world were killed or captured, he continued to remain at large.
At the time of his capture police had placed a 1.3 million bounty on his head.