MEXICO: Savage Drug Hit-Man Captured In Baja.

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"El Teo," Teodoro Garcia Simental, aka El Pozolero, or "the stew maker,"  responsible for many kidnappings and at least 300 deaths by massacre and brutal beheading, was quietly captured in La Paz, Baja. The 30-year-old terrorized Tijuana for years employed by various drug gangs. Aided by the U.S., Mexican authorities tracked Garcia down after five months of surveillance. 
"It's a very good day for Tijuana," said a former resident who moved to San Diego after a family member was kidnapped by Garcia's crew in 2005. "He caused great pain to so many people."

MEXICO: Tijuana's Police Chief Still Standing After 4 Assassination Attempts.

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Two years ago, Tijuana police chief Julian Leyzaola began a crackdown on organized crime and police corruption. Since then he has has survived at least four assassination tries, including a threat to blow up his headquarters. U.S. and Mexican officials say he has cleaned up the police. But a violent crime surge last week of decapitations, dismemberments, hangings and shootouts claimed more than 50 people. "I respect him," said one veteran officer, "but for him to succeed, we have to die."
A U.S. law officer said, "He's a marked man. They( drug lords) want Leyzaola gone because he's effective. He takes this seriously, unlike a lot of these jackass cops."