MEXICO CITY , Mexico ( CNN ) -- Mexican authorities arrested Vicente Carrillo Leyva , a leader of the Carrillo Fuentes drug cartel , officials announced Thursday . Vicente Carrillo Leyva is escorted by police at a news conference in Mexico City on Thursday . Carrillo Leyva was arrested as he exercised in a park in a residential area of Mexico City , where he had been living under the alias Alejandro Peralta Alvarez , officials said . The federal attorney general 's office told reporters he was tracked through his wife , who did not change her name . Carrillo Leyva `` is considered one of the heirs to the criminal organization known as the Juarez Cartel , after the death of his father , Amado Carrillo Fuentes , '' said Assistant Prosecutor Maricela Morales . His father died in July 1997 while undergoing plastic surgery to alter his appearance in an effort to avoid capture . Amado Carrillo was known as `` El Senor de los Cielos , '' the `` Lord of the Skies , '' because of the fleet of jetliners he used to transport cocaine from Colombia to Mexico . Carrillo Leyva , 32 , was presented at the news conference , surrounded by black-clad , hooded law-enforcement officials . He wore dark-frame glasses and a white jogging suit with double black stripes on the sleeves . His dark hair was long and shaggy . Last month , federal officials offered a reward of up to $ 2.16 million ( 30 million pesos ) for information leading to his arrest . The same reward has been offered for his uncle , cartel leader Vicente Carrillo Fuentes , also known as `` El Viceroy '' and `` El General , '' who remains at-large . Rewards of $ 2 million apiece have been offered for 22 other leading cartel suspects . Wednesday 's arrest was the fourth detention of a top drug cartel leader in recent weeks . Last week , officials announced the arrest of Hector Huerta Rios , also known as `` La Burra '' or `` El Junior , '' a top lieutenant of the Beltran Leyva cartel . He was arrested in the city of San Pedro Garza Garcia in Nuevo Leon state , along Mexico 's border with the United States . The previous week , Mexican authorities announced the arrest of Sigifredo Najera Talamantes , a drug-trafficking suspect accused of attacking a U.S. consulate and killing Mexican soldiers . Talamantes , also known as `` El Canicon , '' also is suspected in attacks on a television station in Monterrey in Nuevo Leon , the state-run Notimex agency said . That same week , the Mexican military also arrested the son of a top drug cartel lieutenant . Authorities on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border blame drug cartels for a surge in violence in the region . Despite the violence , Mexican officials say the country is generally safe and that tourist areas such as Cancun and Acapulco are heavily patrolled . Watch Leyva get escorted by law enforcement officials » . Officials from Acapulco city hall , the Guerrero state government and the Mexico attorney general went so far as to sign a statement in early March assuring students wanting to go there on spring break that efforts had been taken to ensure their safety . In a speech in mid-March , Mexican President Felipe Calderon said 93 percent of the 6,500 deaths attributed to organized crime in 2008 occurred among the criminals . Most of the rest were law enforcement authorities , officials have said . Few civilians are killed , the president said . In that same speech , Calderon ridiculed those who say Mexico is unsafe . `` It is absolutely false , absurd , that anyone indicate that Mexico does not have control over one single part of its national territory , '' he said . `` I challenge anyone who says that to tell me what part of the country they want to go to and I will take that person there . '' Analysts point out that most of the violence is occurring along the U.S. border , particularly in Ciudad Juarez , Chihuahua and Tijuana . Drug cartel violence is also found on Mexico 's western coast . `` The situation in Ciudad Juarez is of special concern , '' the U.S. State Department said in a February 20 travel alert . `` Mexican authorities report that more than 1,800 people have been killed in the city since January 2008 . Additionally , this city of 1.6 million people experienced more than 17,000 car thefts and 1,650 carjackings in 2008 . '' The State Department advisory tells U.S. citizens how best to remain safe . `` While millions of U.S. citizens safely visit Mexico each year ( including thousands who cross the land border every day for study , tourism or business ) , violence in the country has increased recently . It is imperative that travelers understand the risks of travel to Mexico , how best to avoid dangerous situations , and whom to contact if one becomes a crime victim . Common-sense precautions such as visiting only legitimate business and tourist areas during daylight hours , and avoiding areas where prostitution and drug dealing might occur , can help ensure that travel to Mexico is safe and enjoyable . '' CNN 's Mario Gonzalez contributed to this story .
Vicente Carrillo Leyva , recent weeks , arrested in Mexico City , officials say . He was living under fake name ; was found through his wife , who used her own name . This is the fourth arrest of major drug cartel suspect in 32 . Authorities in Mexico City and Mexico City blame drug cartels for surge in violence near border .