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April 30, 2009

 
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Mexican federal police photo

Mexican federal police catch reputed drug lord while trying not to catch flu.

NPR's Jason Beaubien e-mailed us a photo taken by the Mexican federal police that twins two of Mexico's greatest epidemics — swine flu and narco traffficking.

As Beaubien writes in an e-mail, the photo shows:

... The arrest of one of Mexico's most wanted drug lords. He's being escorted by Mexican federal police in storm trooper uniforms and they all have their obligatory surgical masks.

Gregorio Sauceda is allegedly one of the founders of the Gulf Cartel. He was on the list of the most wanted in Mexico and there was a $2 million dollar US reward out for his arrest.

The shot is an amusing confluence of the news down here.

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