El Paso Man Arrested For 18 Murders In Juarez

Soldiers have arrested a man suspected of killing 18 people in a series of attacks this year inviolence-plagued Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas.
Michael Escalante, 29, of El Paso, was allegedly a member of
"La Linea," a group of hit men working for the Juarez drug
cartel, Mexico's Defense Department said Thursday in a release. It
was not clear if Escalante had a legal representative or what his
nationality is.
Last week authorities arrested two other alleged La Linea
members, charging one in 211 killings and another in 33 killings.
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico's deadliest city, has seen more than 1,300
deaths this year.
Farther south in the Michoacan state capital of Morelia, police
said Wednesday that they seized eight counterfeit police and rescue
vehicles including an intensive care ambulance with
official-looking logos and paint jobs.
Police said the vehicles belonged to gang members who planned to
use them to conduct illegal activities.
President Felipe Calderon first launched his crackdown against
drug cartels in Michoacan, sending thousands of federal police and
soldiers to his home state after taking office in late 2006.