[7] He was arrested by Mexican Federal Police - Special Forces on 12 January 2010 in La Paz, Baja California Sur.
[22] Teodoro García is best known for running an extortion and kidnapping network,[22][23] and is also known for dissolving the bodies of those who are in business with rival drug gangs by drowning them in caustic soda.
[25] The Mexican Federal Police was offering a $2 million USD bounty for information leading to the capture of Teodoro García Simental.
Teodoro García Simental was arrested on January 12, 2010, by Mexican Federal Police in a luxury home complex named Fidepaz, located in La Paz, Baja California Sur.
One month later, on February 7, 2010, Manuel García Simental, Teodoro's younger brother and lieutenant, was arrested in the Baja California port city of La Paz.