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Mexican police captured Jose de Jesus Mendez, known by his nickname ''El Chango'' or ''The Monkey'' and the suspected leader of the cult-like La Familia (The Family) drug cartel on Tuesday in the latest blow to a gang that was once one of the most notorious in the country. Credit: Reuters/Bernardo Montoya Related News Hurricane Beatriz hits Mexico's Pacific coast Tue, Jun 21 2011 Mexican teenage girls train as drug cartel killers Fri, Jun 17 2011 Mexican police arrest drug boss "El Brad Pitt" Thu, Jun 16 2011 Crusading poet embodies Mexico's drug war pain Thu, Jun 16 2011 Mexican police capture suspected teenage assassins Wed, Jun 15 2011 Analysis & Opinion Q+A-What is Nigeria’s radical Islamist sect Boko Haram? Medical tourism wins fans Related Topics World » Mexico » By Anahi Rama MEXICO CITY | Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:14pm EDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican police captured the suspected leader of a cult-like drug cartel on Tuesday in the latest blow to a gang that was until recently one of the most notorious in the country. Federal police arrested La Familia (The Family) boss Jose de Jesus Mendez, known by his nickname "El Chango," or "The Monkey", at a highway checkpoint in central Mexico, and no shots were fired, the government and prosecutors said. In a rare bloodless capture in Mexico's escalating war on drug cartels, President Felipe Calderon's national security spokesman said Mendez' arrest was a major victory and the end of La Familia, which was infamous for beheading its enemies. "With this capture, this criminal group is destroyed," Alejandro Poire told reporters, adding that Mendez was being flown to Mexico City for questioning. Mendez' detention follows the death last December of La Familia's top boss, Nazario Moreno, known as "The Craziest One," in a dramatic series of army raids that turned the western state of Michoacan, La Familia's heartland, briefly into a war zone littered with burning cars. Despite the government's optimism, La Familia hitmen are still at large and have split into factions since Moreno's death. One new gang, Los Caballeros Templarios (The Knights Templar), is suspected of killing 23 people over the weekend, leaving bodies across Michoacan with threatening notes for rivals. Spreading more terror as gunmen fight over lucrative methamphetamine trafficking routes and marijuana fields across western Mexico, the Zetas cartel are also moving onto La Familia's turf and many residents are fearful of even more violence. "It sure sounds good for the government to say they've got another cartel leader, but there is no end to the killings," said a Michoacan resident interviewed by local radio after the government's announcement. "THE PROF" STILL AT LARGE Calderon, who hails from Michoacan, launched his army-led war on drug cartels in late 2006 on taking office, but now faces growing public alarm at the some 40,000 dead in the conflict across the country since then. With a bounty of $2 million on his head in Mexico and also wanted in the United States, Mendez is believed to have taken over the running of La Familia since Moreno's death, along with another suspected kingpin, Servando "The Prof" Gomez. Gomez is still at large and is thought to be running methamphetamine operations out of Michoacan, according to Mexican and U.S. anti-drug officials. Last year, Mexican media reported he was receiving a salary on the state payroll as a teacher at a local elementary school in Michoacan. Formed in the 1980s, La Familia has vowed to stop sales of the methamphetamine drug "Ice" in Michoacan, saying it is destroying local communities. Instead, it exports all meth production to the United States. Unlike other Mexican cartels, La Familia under Moreno was run with a pseudo-religious philosophy, preaching Bible scripture mixed with self-help slogans to prevent gang members from abusing drugs and to justify the grisly murders of rivals. (Writing by Robin Emmott; editing by Krista Hughes and Kieran Murray) World Mexico Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. 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