By Daily Mail Reporter and Ap Vigilantes are searching an extensive cave system in the hunt for the last fugitive boss of the Knights Templar drug cartel, a "self-defense" group leader in western Mexico said Thursday. Vigilante leader Estanislao Beltran said there are signs the cartel had used the caves near the town of Arteaga in Michoacan state. 'I think they used it as a hideout,' said Beltran, who had descended about 100 meters (yards) into the caves. 'We found evidence.' Vigilantes: Groups of armed vigilantes search a cave for cartel leader Servando 'La Tuta' Gomez, a Mexican teacher-turned-drug kingpin
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Vigilantes last week stormed the Mexican town of Atreaga in search of Servando "La Tuta" Gomez
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Gomez is the last remaining leader of the Knights Templar drug cartel who hasn't been either captured of killed
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Prior to being a drug kingpin and international fugitive, Gomez was a school teacher
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Gomez has the support of many of the residents of the town, as he often donates a lot of his money from the drug trade to the town and its people
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The vigilante groups believe Gomez is hiding out in a complex system of caves on the outskirts of Arteaga
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