>> reporter: this manner is van doe gomez, la tuta was a very important figure. a criminal he hobnobbed with local politicians. he organized shipments of iron ore to china, allegedly. he was a very powerful figure. he extorted kidnapped and kept a very public profile while he was doing it. he granted interviews to national and international media. showing his face even at a time when federal forces were looking for him, hunting for him for over a year and they finally caught him early this morning in the state capitol without firing a shot apparently. and that is going to be quite a relief to them. he was important, but the gradual infiltration of the forces into the state has damaged the importance not just of him but also of his cartel a very old cartel which used medieval shields to set it apart from other cartels, and they did have a real grip on that state, but the grip has been slowly crumbling over the past year so this is sort of the end of a procedure that has been going on for a year. >> how much is this going to best the president's effort to retake co

year-long manhunt, in which they pored federal police and troops into the state to try to catch sew van doe gomez, la tuta. he's a very interesting character even within the scope of mexican cartel leaders. he has done some incredibly terrible things while he has been almost controlling the state for a time but he was an innovator. he introduced different models not just the drug roots that go through mexico to the u.s. but also extorsion, businessmen had to pay him a cut to have their businesses. he was always interested in this exporting iron ore to china. allegedly he exported tons of that. and his public relations, he had a high profile, mexican drug cartel leaders don't usually speak to the media, and he was an exception to that. he saw him as having some sort of idealogical background. behind his desk he has a photo of the famous revolutionary leader from south america. how deeply that went obviously not very deep this is a man who has been extorted and murdering across the state that he said he was going to try to protect. >>> john hullman in mexico city. thank you. >>> a bangladeshi ameri

ser van doe gomez known as the teacher is believes to be the ringleader of the knights tem peculiar cartel he's seen her. he was captured peacefully without gunfire. mexico's president made capturing him a priority as the nation struggles to regain control of areas overrun by the drug cartels. more than 100,000 people in mexico have been killed by drug-related violence since 2007. >> tonight at outpouring of love for the late leonard nimoy. best known for his role at spock on "star trek." the actor, writer and director died this morning in los angeles. gordon tack matsu with our sister station in la is live along the hollywood walk of fame. what amazing and colorful life. >> yeah he certainly was. in this day and age when fantasy and science fiction dominate the box office and television it is hard to overestimate it the impact of somebody like leonard nimoy and certainly he may be gone but what he created right there the in the middle of all this is what lives on. >> live long and prosper. >> "star trek" folklore says he improvised that line. perhaps an early implication confident impactf