Wanted gunman found in Mexico

The Mexican authorities have announced they've found the alleged top gunmen of one of the country's most violent drug cartels - the Cartel of Tijuana - after identifying him inside prison.

A spokeswoman of the attorney-general's office said the man, Jorge Humberto Rodriguez Banuelos, had been detained after a shootout almost three months ago under a false name.

He had had plastic surgery, lost 40 kilos in weight and had a hair implant; but his real identity was discovered because of discrepancies in the records and a bullet-wound scar on his right buttock.

He was wanted in connection with the killing of the Roman Catholic Cardinal Juan Jesus Posadas Ocampo in 1993.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service