Captured drug lord had guns and grenade-launchers
Navy spokesman Jose Luis Vergara yesterday said suspect Raul Lucio Hernandez Lechuga – also known as “El Lucky” – oversaw Zeta operations around the Gulf coast state of Veracruz, where nine Mexican marines disappeared earlier this year.
Mr Vergara said a suspect was killed and a marine wounded in a firefight that erupted during Hernandez Lechuga’s capture on Monday in the city of Cordoba.
Marines found 133 rifles, five grenade-launchers, 29 grenades and 36 pistols at the scene of the raid. They also found bulletproof vests with the letter “Z”, the Zetas’ symbol, on the front.