Mexican police arrest Colombian drug smugglers

The Mexican Police will have to watch their backs now ,in the past when they have arrested members of drug cartels there have been increased murders and violence surrounding the police involved! With 3725 murders now I don't think the cartels will slow down!

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Police have arrested a gang of suspected Colombian drug smugglers linked to one of Mexico's main trafficking clans after tracking them down at a party in the Mexican capital.

The traffickers, lead by Colombian kingpin Teodoro Mauricio "The Dove" Fino, is accused of shipping cocaine to Mexico for the powerful Beltran Leyva brothers to sell in the United States, police said on Sunday.

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Fino, who was arrested a party on Saturday, fled Colombia in 1997 and Mexican police have been on his trail for a decade.

The arrests follow a string of narcotics seizures and captures of gang leaders the Mexican government. But drug violence over smuggling routes is spiraling in Mexico, with some 3,725 people killed this year.

The Beltran Leyva brothers remain a key target for President Felipe Calderon, who has sent 36,000 troops across Mexico to fight drug gangs.

Soldiers arrested Alfredo Beltran Leyva in January 2008 but the remaining four brothers are still at large. They are allied with the ruthless Gulf cartel in eastern Mexico.