Suspected Zetas cartel leader believed linked to jailbreak, killings

(8 Oct 2012)
1. Pan left detainees entering media presentation
2. Tilt up of Salvador Alfonso Martinez Escobedo alias "the squirrel"
3. Mid of Martinez giving 'thumbs up' sign to cameras
4. Wide of detainees
5. Close of Martinez
6. Wide of detainees standing behind table full of weapons and ammunition seized during operation
7. Mid of Martinez
8. Cutaway of cameraman
9. Pan right of Navy spokesman Jose Luis Vergara arriving to give media statement
10. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Jose Luis Vergara, Mexican Navy spokesman:
"Salvador Alfonso Martinez Escobedo is the alleged mastermind of the killings of 72 illegal immigrants found in San Fernando, Tamaulipas in August 2010."
11. Wide cutaway of Vergara speaking at podium
12. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Jose Luis Vergara, Mexican Navy spokesman:
"He is allegedly responsible for the mass graves found in the state of Tamaulipas with more than 200 bodies and the killings of more than 50 people by his own hand."
13. Various of weapons and ammunition seized during operation

STORYLINE
The Mexican navy has said that a suspected Zetas cartel leader captured over the weekend is accused of involvement in some of Mexico's most notorious crimes in recent years.
Navy spokesman Jose Luis Vergara said Salvador Alfonso Mart�nez Escobedo was arrested on Saturday and is believed to have masterminded the massacre of 72 migrants in the northern state of Tamaulipas in 2010.
"He's allegedly responsible for the mass graves found in the state of Tamaulipas with more than 200 bodies and the killings of more than 50 people by his own hand," Vergara told a news conference in Mexico City on Monday.
Escobedo, alias "the squirrel" also has been linked to the escape of 151 prisoners in 2010 from a jail in the city of Nuevo Laredo and the recent breakout of 131 prisoners in the city of Piedras Negras.
He is also implicated in the killing of US citizen David Hartley in 2010 on Falcon Lake, which straddles the US/Mexico border.
The death of Hartley drew wide attention as it appeared Hartley and his wife were on a personal trip when he was shot by Mexican criminals on 30 September, 2010.
The navy is also blaming Martinez for the killing of the Tamaulipas state police commander and chief investigator on the case, an attack that hampered the investigation.
Authorities had offered more than one million dollars for information leading to Escobedo's capture.
They say he headed the battle that erupted in 2010 between the Zetas and its previous ally, the Gulf Cartel.
The Gulf gang has suffered major blows this year with the capture of its two main bosses.
The Zetas are considered one of Mexico's main drug cartels and one of the most bloody groups that operate in the country.

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