MEXICO CITY , Mexico ( CNN ) -- The Mexican military has detained a suspected leader of a notorious drug-trafficking family in connection with the July slayings of two U.S. citizens . Benjamin LeBaron is buried in Galeana , Mexico , in July . Jose Rodolfo Escajeda , known as El Rikin , was taken into custody Friday in Nuevo Casa Grandes , in Chihuahua state , according to a military statement . Escajeda is an alleged ringleader of a drug-trafficking family that runs a 120-mile smuggling corridor on Mexico 's border with Texas , according to the Drug Enforcement Administration . He has been indicted by the U.S. government , DEA said . U.S. citizens Benjamin LeBaron and his brother-in-law , Luis Widmar , were beaten and shot to death after armed men stormed into their home in the town of Galeana , Mexico . Local media reported in July that a note found on LeBaron indicated the slayings were in retribution for the capture of 25 drug suspects in a nearby town . The LeBaron brothers belonged to the `` Community of LeBaron '' in Galeana , a township founded by excommunicated Mormons . LeBaron 's younger brother , Eric , was kidnapped in May and returned unharmed a week later . The incident prompted Banjamin LeBaron to become a nationally recognized anti-crime activist who moved the local community to take a stand .
Man arrested is the ringleader of notorious Mexican drug - trafficking family . Brothers , Benjamin LeBaron and David Widmar , were arrested at home in Mexico . LeBaron had become anti - crime activist after his brother was kidnapped . LeBaron brothers belonged to community of Mexican immigrants in Mexico .