The Face Of Evil In Mexico's Drug Cartel War

Jose Antonio Acosta Hernandez, "El Diego", at the federal police headquarters in Mexico City Photo: Reuters

Mexican Drug Cartel Leader 'Admits Killing 1,500' -- The Telegraph

Police in Mexico have arrested a drug cartel leader they say has admitted to ordering the murder of 1,500 people.

Jose Antonio Acosta Hernandez, 33, known as "El Diego," was the head of La Linea, a gang of hit men and corrupt police officers who acted as the armed wing of the Juarez drug cartel.

He was held following a gun battle in the northern city of Chihuahua.

Ramon Pequeno, head of the Mexican federal police anti-drug unit, said Acosta Hernandez had acknowledged ordering a total of 1,500 killings.

He said Acosta Hernandez was behind a series of notorious crimes in Ciudad Juarez, the most violent city in Mexico and one of the most dangerous in the world.

Those included the massacre of 15 people, mostly teenagers, at a birthday party in January last year.

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My Comment: Only 1,500?