Wrong picture of drug lord

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Mexico is offering US$2.5 million ($3.4 million) for information leading to the capture of one of the country's most wanted drug lords, but the search went awry when the Government published a photo of the wrong man.

The photograph was splashed across the front pages of Mexican newspapers after authorities said they had obtained fresh images of Fernando Sanchez Arellano, known as "the Engineer", the leader of the Arellano Felix cartel.

The snapshot was actually of a factory worker from Baja California, according to local media.