Jose Jesus Mendez Vargas, alias “El Chango,” was a leading figure in the Familia Michoacana and considered to be the right hand man of the head of the Familia council Nazario Moreno, alias “El Mas ...

Jose de Jesus Mendez Vargas, alias El Chango, or The Monkey, was arrested Tuesday in the central state of Aguascalientes, where he was hiding. He was paraded before reporters in Mexico City on ...

Jose de Jesus Mendez Vargas, alias El Chango, or "The Monkey," was arrested in the central state of Aguascalientes without confrontation or casualties, said federal security spokesman Alejandro Poire.

MEXICO CITY — The capture this week of Jose de Jesus Mendez Vargas, the alleged leader of the La Familia crime syndicate, offered a lesson on how short-lived and fickle alliances in Mexico's ...

Jose de jesus 'El Chango' Mendez Keeping in line with their counterparts in New York, where Mafia dons boast nicknames such as "Baby Shacks" and "Junior Lollipops", many of Mexico's drug lords ...

BEAUBIEN: This is Jose de Jesus Mendez Vargas, and he's the leader of the La Familia cartel. As you say, he's known as El Chango, The Monkey. He was captured without incident, ...

Jose de Jesus Mendez Vargas, nicknamed El Chango, or "The Monkey," was apprehended Tuesday in the central state of Aguascalientes, officials said.

Jose de Jesus Mendez Vargas, alias El Chango, or "The Monkey," was arrested in the central state of Aguascalientes without confrontation or casualties, said federal security spokesman Alejandro Poire.

Police arrested Jose de Jesus Mendez Vargas, also known as "The Monkey", in the central city of Aguascalientes. Mexican President Felipe Calderon has congratulated police on the capture of the ...

La Familia leader, Jose de Jesus Mendez Vargas, has been arrested and Mexican authorities contend that the group's reign in the state of Michoacán has come to an end.

A government spokesman identified the gang leader as Jose de Jesus Mendez Vargas, also known as El Chango, or "The Monkey." He said Mendez had been apprehended without violence in the central ...

Agents arrested Jose de Jesus Mendez Vargas - widely known as El Chango, or "The Monkey" - without incident in a small town in central Aguascalientes state.The arrest comes after weeks of violence ...