Drug officials grab bargain at market

MONTERREY - The United States has captured a suspected leader of Mexico's powerful Gulf drug cartel and one of the country's most wanted men, Carlos "El Puma" Landin, while he was shopping in Texas, the Drug Enforcement Administration said.

Landin, a former Mexican police officer who is wanted on drug-smuggling charges in Mexico and the United States, crossed into McAllen, Texas, on Sunday, where DEA officers found him shopping for groceries.

"Landin was responsible for collecting taxes on drugs smuggled through [the Mexican border city of] Reynosa," said DEA spokesman Will Glaspy.

- REUTERS