A former Mexican police officer who allegedly admits ordering 1500 killings during a campaign of terror as a drug gang chieftain along the US border has been captured in northern Mexico, federal officials say.
Jose Antonio Acosta Hernandez also is a suspect in last year's slaying of a US consulate employee near a border crossing in Ciudad Juarez.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon said through his Twitter account that Acosta's capture is "the biggest blow" to organised crime in Ciudad Juarez since he sent about 5,000 federal police to the city in April 2010 to try to curb violence in one of the world's most dangerous cities.
Acosta, 33, was caught on Friday in the northern city of Chihuahua along with his bodyguard, said Ramon Pequeno, head of the federal police anti-drug unit.
