Jose Antonio Medina was captured by Mexican police in the western state of Michoacan,

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Jose Antonio Medina was captured by Mexican police in the western state of Michoacan, where he allegedly operated a trafficking network that smuggled 440 pounds of heroin a month across the border into Southern California, federal police said.Medina, 36, was sought on a warrant issued last year for extradition to the U.S. on charges of drug trafficking and sales north of the border. Mexican officials said his smugglers hid small loads of heroin in secret compartments of vehicles that were sent across the border at Tijuana and then to Los Angeles.Mexican police said that since 2007, the Medina group has sold about $12 million worth of heroin a month.