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How Mexico Nabbed a Drug Kingpin

Mexico captured the world's most sought after drug lord, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, after a series of arrests brought them close to his inner circle.

Updated Feb. 23, 2014 9:19 p.m. ET

Before dawn this month, a convoy of Mexican marines quietly surrounded a house in the Spanish colonial city of Puebla and arrested an alleged drug trafficker also wanted for questioning over the kidnapping of a Mexican politician.

Little did the marines know then, but his capture would become a vital piece of the puzzle that would help Mexican and U.S. officials several days later to nab the world's most sought after drug lord,...

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