FoxNews: MEXICO CITY - Mexican police say they have captured asuspected lieutenant of the Beltran Leyva drug cartel linked to morethan 109 execution-style killings.
The Public Safety department says Jesus Basilio Araujo is also known by the nickname "The Chicken." It said Sunday in a statement that Araujo allegedly worked for an aideto drug lord Arturo Beltran Leyva, who died Wednesday in a shootout with Navy personnel. The statement did not say if Araujo's detention Friday was linked tothe gunbattle. He was arrested in a town near where the clash occurred. Araujo was allegedly responsible for a series of killings of rival traffickers and others. Many of the bodies bore messages referring to"The Boss of Bosses," Beltran Leyva's nickname.