Monday, 1 August 2011
Mexico drug cartel suspect Acosta 'admits killings'
Jose Antonio Acosta Hernandez, 33, is also suspected of masterminding the attack on a US consulate worker and her husband in Ciudad Juarez last year.
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| Mexican federal police paraded Jose Antonio Acosta Hernandez in front of the media |
Officials say Mr Acosta Hernandez is a key figure in the Juarez cartel.
Juarez is Mexico's most violent city, with more than 3,000 murders in 2010.
The suspect, who is better known as El Diego, is accused of being the leader of the La Linea gang, whose members work as hired killers for the Juarez cartel.
The cartel controls some of the main drug smuggling routes from Ciudad Juarez into the United States.
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