WORLD BRIEFING / MEXICO
The army has captured 25 gunmen in northern Mexico who witnesses say disguised themselves as soldiers.
The men were captured at a ranch in Chihuahua state, across from Texas, after the army received a complaint, the Defense Department said in a statement. Soldiers also seized 29 automatic rifles during the raid in Nicolas Bravo.
Mexico has deployed 45,000 soldiers nationwide to crush drug cartels, but corruption has hindered the crackdown.
In Cancun, the local leader of the Gulf drug cartel was arrested, the army said. It said Juan Manuel Jurado Zarzoza was in charge of drug sales, extortion and kidnappings.
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