Martin Omar Estrada Luna, otherwise known as “El Kilo” or “El Comandante Kilo,” is the suspected leader of the Los Zetas drug cartel in the northern state of Tamaulipas

Mexican authorities said that they have arrested a notorious drug kingpin over the weekend, who allegedly was the person responsible for the mass graves in the north, media reports say.

Martin Omar Estrada Luna, otherwise known as “El Kilo” or “El Comandante Kilo,” is the suspected leader of the Los Zetas drug cartel in the northern state of Tamaulipas, based out of the city of San Fernando, where the bodies were discovered, according to the Houston Chronicle.

Estrada is also accused of masterminding the killing of 72 South and Central American immigrants last year. Their bodies were found in a similar area, according to the paper.


Following his capture, the Mexican government replaced the head of security in Tamaulipas, reported BBC. Gen. Ubaldo Ayala Tinoco was replaced with Capt. Rafael Lomeli Martinez.

Ayala Tinoco said that he was stepping down due to a lack of pay increase and said the equipment wasn’t good enough.

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