Leaders of Sinaloa Drug Cartel arrested in Chihuahua and Jalisco

Leader of Sinaloa drug cartel arrested in Chihuahua and Jalisco.

By Daniel Borunda / El Paso Times

Posted: 11/18/2010 09:45:17 AM MST

Mexican federal police arrested the suspected leader of a cell of the Sinaloa drug cartel in Chihuahua state earlier this week, officials said.

Edgar Camacho Mendoza, nicknamed "El Dorado," is accused of smuggling drugs to the United States, killing rivals, extortion and auto thefts in the cities of Parral and Jimenez in Chihuahua.

After a car was stopped Monday on the Chihuahua City-Cuauhtémoc highway, Camacho allegedly pulled a rifle on federal officers and ran but was captured nearby, officials said. Police also arrested three other people in the car, which was reported stolen.

Authorities said Camacho, 31, allegedly works for Noel Salgueiro Nevarez, aka "El Flaco Salgueiro," the reputed leader of the Sinaloa cartel's Gente Nueva in Chihuahua.