March 27 (UPI) -- Mexico's National Security Commission, or CNS, said Federal Police officers captured a leader of the Knights Templar Cartel who is connected to at least 35 murders.
The CNS said the suspect -- identified as Federico "N" -- is accused of kidnapping and extortion and is considered a generator of violence linked to 35 homicides. He was arrested in the state of Nayarit and then taken to a maximum security prison in the state of Sinaloa, the CNS said on Saturday.