Leader of Mexico's Gulf Drug Cartel Captured Near Border with Texas Richard Fausset - The Los Angeles Times
go to original August 18, 2013

Mario Ramirez Trevino, known as X-20 or "The Bald One," was captured in Mexico's northern Tamaulipas state on Saturday morning. Al Jazeera's Adam Raney reports from Mexico City. (AlJazeeraEnglish)

In custody: A mugshot of Mario Ramirez Trevino, leader of Mexico's Gulf drug cartel. (U.S. State Department)

MEXICO CITY — The leader of the Gulf cartel, one of Mexico's oldest drug-running groups, has been captured, Mexican officials said Saturday.

Mario Armando Ramírez Treviño was apprehended by the Mexican army Saturday morning, according to a government statement. The arrest took place in Rio Bravo, Tamaulipas, near the Texas border, Mexican media said.

Ramirez, 51, known as “El Pelon,” or “The Bald One,” was indicted on drug distribution charges in a U.S. federal court in 2008. The U.S. State Department has offered a reward of up to $5 million for his arrest. He is presumably also wanted on similar charges in Mexico.

The arrest dealt a blow to a drug-running enterprise whose power has waned in recent years with the rise of other criminal groups across Mexico.

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