Police capture drug lieutenant in northern Mexico

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — Police in Mexico say they’ve captured a suspected drug cartel lieutenant with a quarter-million-dollar reward on his head has been captured.

Rogelio Segovia Hernandez reputedly helped lead the La Linea gang that worked for the Juarez cartel. Mexican federal police say he was detained Tuesday in Chihuahua, capital of the northern border state of the same name where rival gangs are waging a bloody turf war.

The police say he was in charge of killings, drug distribution, extortion and kidnappings for the cartel in the areas around Chihuahua city and Ciudad Juarez, which lies across the border from El Paso, Texas.

Also in Juarez, police found three decapitated bodies in two different spots Wednesday. Two of the bodies had messages saying the men were members of La Linea and the Aztecas. Both groups are linked to the Juarez drug cartel.

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