(CNN) -- A suspect sought in connection to a fatal car bombing in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in July has been arrested by Mexican police, according to a press release from the national Public Security Secretariat (SSP).
Jose Ivan Contreras Lumbreras, alias "El Keiko," is suspected of overseeing placement of the car bomb, the release said. Contreras is also suspected of killing a person found minutes before the explosion, the release said. Police reported that a man dressed in a municipal police uniform and left for dead was used as bait by assailants to lure authorities to the car bomb.
Investigators believe the July 15 car bombing was in retaliation for the arrest of Armando Acosta Hernandez, a principle figure in the hierarchy of a local gang.
Three people were killed in the attack -- a federal police officer, an emergency worker, and another man.
Contreras was arrested Sunday in Ciudad Juarez. He is a suspected drug dealer for the armed wing of the Juarez Cartel, known as La Linea.
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