Colombian kingpin Teodoro Mauricio "The Dove" Fino, is accused of shipping cocaine to Mexico for the powerful Beltran Leyva brothers to sell in the United States, police said on Sunday.Fino, who was arrested a party on Saturday, fled Colombia in 1997 and Mexican police have been on his trail for a decade.The arrests follow a string of narcotics seizures and captures of gang leaders the Mexican government. But drug violence over smuggling routes is spiraling in Mexico, with some 3,725 people killed this year.The Beltran Leyva brothers remain a key target for President Felipe Calderon, who has sent 36,000 troops across Mexico to fight drug gangs.
Soldiers arrested Alfredo Beltran Leyva in January 2008 but the remaining four brothers are still at large. They are allied with the ruthless Gulf cartel in eastern Mexico.
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