Guatemala nabs alleged Zetas leader wanted in the U.S.


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In this photo released by the National Civil Police, masked soldiers escort Jairo Estuardo Orellana in handcuffs after his arrest as they bring him to an air force base in Guatemala City, late Thursday, May 15, 2014. Guatemala's Interior Minister Mauricio Lopez Bonilla announced the government detained Orellana, an alleged member of Mexico's Zetas Cartel drug gang who is described by the U.S. government as one of the region's most important drug traffickers, during an operation in which two of Orellana's bodyguards we killed, as well as a police officer, in town of Gualan in the Zacapa department. (AP Photo/National Civil Police)

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Jairo Orellana Morales, known as "El Pelon", is escorted by soldiers after arriving for a news conference at the Air Force base in Guatemala City May 15, 2014. According to the National Civil Police, Orellana had an international arrest warrant and the U.S. government has requested his extradition. Suspected of working with the criminal drug cartel Los Zetas for smuggling cocaine into Guatemala, Orellana was captured on Thursday in the Zacapa region after a standoff that lasted several hours, local media reported.

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