Cartel Leader Captured

The criminal known as "El Mamito" has run out of places to hide.

Police arrested Jesus Enrique Rejon Aguilar, one of the founders of the drug cartel Los Zetas,  in Mexico state yesterday. Rejon has been at the top of the most wanted lists of the United States and Mexico for some time, and the United States offered a reward of $5 million for his capture.

Rejon was the third in command of Los Zetas and has a long history with drug cartels. He began his professional career as a soldier in 1993, and in 1997 he was assigned as an agent to the Attorney General's office. In 1999 he deserted his post and joined a group called Los Catorce, a branch of the Gulf Cartel that later became Los Zetas. This group later aided drug boss Osiel Cárdenas Guillén in an attack on two U.S. agents escorting a Gulf Cartel informant through northern Mexico.

Now it appears he's reach the end of his career as he awaits his trial in Mexico.