Mexico captures 'Muletas' gang and odd arms cache

Tijuana, Mexico : Mexican soldiers captured six suspected drug gang members with an odd collection of weapons, including a .50-calibre rifle and a gold-plated pistol, the army said on Friday.

The suspects are believed to have worked for drug trafficker Raydel Lopez Uriarte, nicknamed "Muletas", or "Crutches". The gangster's logo resembles one for the Jackass television series — a skull and crossed crutches. The gold-plated pistol found in a raid on Thursday in the border city of Tijuana was encrusted with diamonds and engraved with the name "El Muletas", the army said. The raiders also freed two kidnap victims apparently being held by the suspects, who were turned over to civilian authorities pending charges. General Alfonso Duarte Mujica said the suspects might have been involved in an attack on soldiers in October.