Mexico Boosts Security on Northeast Border After Cartel Boss Arrest Anahi Rama - Reuters
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A spokesman for the Interior Ministry, Eduardo Sanchez, speaks as a screen showing photos of Mario Ramirez Trevino, known as X-20, is seen during a news conference at the interior ministry in Mexico City August 18, 2013. (Reuters/Henry Romero)

MEXICO CITY - Mexican authorities have increased security along the country's northeastern border with the United States after arresting the suspected leader of the Gulf Cartel, one of the oldest drug trafficking groups in Mexico, a spokesman said on Sunday.

The Mexican army on Saturday captured Mario Ramirez Trevino in Reynosa in Tamaulipas state, across the border from McAllen, Texas, Interior Ministry spokesman Eduardo Sanchez said at a press conference without providing further details.

Ramirez was also wanted by the United States for trafficking cocaine and marijuana through the border crossings at Reynosa and McAllen and Matamoros and Brownsville, Texas.

He is suspected of ordering attacks that killed police and security forces in the area, the spokesman said.

"The government has reinforced the security strategy with the aim of neutralising any eventual actions by other criminal organizations with a presence in this region," Sanchez said, appearing to refer to the brutal Zetas gang.

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