Mexico nabs drug suspect wanted in Tijuana battles

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican soldiers have captured suspected cartel member accused of leading bloody battles for smuggling turf routes in the northern city of Tijuana.

Jose Filiberto Parra Ramos appears in a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration poster of 10 men it believes are locked in a violent turf battle in Tijuana.

The Defense Department says soldiers captured Parra Ramos and three other drug suspects Wednesday in Tijuana using unspecified intelligence. The department announced his capture Thursday in a joint statement with the Attorney General's Office.

The department says Parra is allied with Teodoro Garcia Simental, who is believed to be waging a bloody battle against reputed Arellano Felix cartel leader Fernando Sanchez Arellano.