Tijuana Drug Cartel Leader Arrested

The leader of a Tijuana-based drug cartel was arrested at home, while watching the World Cup. Authorities say that the man was caught with $100,000 in cash at his home, though he would not reveal any sources. He can’t speak to the media due to a condition of anonymity. Read more about this below…

Within two years, a renegade lieutenant, Teodoro Garcia Simental, made a power play and set off a bloodbath that turned Tijuana into one of Mexico’s most violent cities, plagued by daytime shootouts, beheadings and mutilated corpses hanging from freeway bridges.

Tijuana Drug Cartel Leader Arrested