MEXICO CITY: Mexico’s most wanted drug lord Servando Gomez, whose Knights Templar cartel smuggled drugs to the US and iron ore to China, was finally captured on Friday (Saturday in Manila), without a shot fired.

The former teacher nicknamed “La Tuta” was detained by federal police as he left a house in Morelia, capital of western Michoacan state, hiding his face with a scarf and cap, officials said.

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