Mexican soldiers nab man in death of poet's son

Associated Press
Posted: 04/15/2011 10:22:22 AM MDT


MEXICO CITY (AP) - The Mexican army says it has captured a man who allegedly confessed to participating in the killing of a well-known poet's son and six other people.

The March 28 slaying of Juan Francisco Sicilia has sparked demonstrations throughout the country against the violence of Mexico's drug war, which has claimed more than 34,000 lives.

The Defense Department said in a statement Friday that suspect Rodrigo Elizalde Mora was captured in the central city of Cuernavaca, where the killings occurred.

It said he confessed after his arrest Tuesday to working for the South Pacific Cartel, and to helping kill Sicilia and a group of friends.

The cartel is allegedly led by reputed drug lord Hector Beltran Leyva.

Sicilia was the son of Mexican poet Javier Sicilia.

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