Rafael Cedeño Hernández is an imprisoned Mexican

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 drug trafficker who was the second-in-command of the La Familia Michoacana drug cartel

Drug cartel

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, which is based in the Mexican state of Michoacán

Michoacán

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His drug cartel, 'La Familia' use murder and torture to quash rivals, while building a social base in the Mexican state of Michoacán. It is the fastest-growing cartel in the country's drug war

Mexican Drug War

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and is a religious cult-like group that celebrates family values, and justify murder as 'divine justice'.

Rafael Cedeño was arrested on April 20, 2009 during a raid at a christening party for a baby born to a cartel member.