GUADALAJARA, Mexico, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- One of the suspected leaders of a large Mexican drug cartel was arrested in Guadalajara, the Ministry of Public Security announced.
Police in the western Mexican city arrested 44-year-old Margarito Soto Reyes Saturday, along with eight other suspects who were with him, El Universal reported.
Mexican and U.S. investigators allege Soto Reyes, known as "The Tiger," was a leader of the violent Sinaloa drug cartel that's suspected of sending as much as 1,000 pounds of synthetic drugs such as methamphetamine into the United States every month, the BBC said.
Investigators said it's thought Soto Reyes took over the senior position for the cartel in July, when former leader Ignacio Coronel was killed by police in a gunfight.
