World in brief: Idaho fugitive caught in Mexico

Mexico City – One of the FBI’s most-sought fugitives, wanted for the 2002 killings of his girlfriend and her two young sons in Idaho, has been captured in Mexico.

Federal police detained Jorge Alberto Lopez Orozco on a highway in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero, Mexico’s attorney general’s office said Thursday. He was transported to the neighboring state of Michoacan and held on a U.S. extradition request.

Lopez Orozco, 33, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Rebecca Ramirez and her sons, aged 2 and 4, in Elmore County, Idaho. He was placed on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list in March 2005.

There was no immediate information on whether U.S. prosecutors had agreed not to seek the death penalty against Lopez Orozco.

Typhoon slams main Japan island

Tokyo – A powerful typhoon tore through Japan’s main island Thursday, peeling roofs off houses and cutting electricity to hundreds of thousands before turning back toward the sea. Two men died.

During morning rush hour, more than 2 million commuters in Tokyo were stranded for hours as train services on several lines were suspended. In other regions trucks were toppled on highways and bridges were destroyed by flash floods.