MEXICO CITY — Mexican federal police have detained the man believed to be behind the killings of nine members of a family a year ago, the office of Mexico’s Attorney General said in a statement on Wednesday.
A man, named only as Roberto N, was arrested with two more people on Monday near the village of Juan Mata Ortiz in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico, less than 10 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border.
According to local media, the man is the regional head of “La Linea,” the armed branch of the Juarez cartel.
“With this arrest, since the events we have detained 17 suspected members of the criminal group in relation to the investigation of the case,” the Attorney General’s office said.