MEXICO CITY, July 4 (UPI) -- A Mexican drug cartel leader suspected in connection with the killing of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent has been arrested, authorities said.
Mexican officials said federal police captured Zetas cartel head Jesus Enrique Rejon Aguilar, known as "El Mamito," on Sunday, CNN reported.
Rejon is linked to numerous deaths in northeastern Mexico, where the Zetas have been fighting a turf battle with the Gulf Cartel, Ramon E. Pequeno, anti-drug division chief of Mexico's federal police, said.
He is also "connected to the attack against agents" of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that killed Agent Jaime Zapata in February, officials said.
Rejon was allegedly running operations for the Zetas in the north central Mexican state of San Luis Potosi when the American agents were ambushed there, Pequeno said.
Zapata was killed and another agent injured when they were ambushed on a highway as they traveled from Monterrey to Mexico City.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration had offered a $5 million reward for information leading to Rejon's arrest.
