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| Caribbean-Latin America |
| Messican drug lord makes Forbes' richest list |
| 2009-03-13 |
| Mexico's most wanted man, "El Chapo", or Shorty, heads the Sinaloa cartel, one of the biggest suppliers of Cocaine to the U.S. In 1993 was arrested in Mexico on homicide and drug charges. Escaped from federal prison in 2001, reportedly through the laundry, and quickly regained control of his drug trafficking organization, which he still controls today. In 2008 Mexican and Colombian traffickers laundered between $18 billion and $39 billion in proceeds from wholesale shipments to the U.S. Shorty, an alleged tunnels expert, is believed to have directed anywhere from a third to half of that during the past 8 years. Apparently started out working with Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo, "El Padrino", or the Godfather, head of the most powerful drug trafficking group in Mexico at that time. U.S. government is offering a $5 million reward for his capture. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Bullshit!!! all we need is Joe Arpaio to run the team for the southern border...A proud Arizonan is giving this bit!!! |
| Posted by: Whineter Sproing9941 2009-03-13 19:55 |
| #3 WAFF > WATCH OUT MEXICO HERE COMES THE USA!/USA TO COMBAT DRUGS IN MEXICO; + TOPIX > USA TO MEXICO: USE OF NATIONAL GUARD IS A "LAST RESORT" TO FIGHT BORDER DRUG VIOLENCE + US-MEXICO BORDER DRUG VIOLENCE REACHES A TIPPING POINT!? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-03-13 18:58 |
| #2 Well, at least they didn't make their money shuffling paper. A cut throat business being what it is, they had to earn it the hard way. /sarc off |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-03-13 14:44 |
| #1 TOPIX > MEXICO:OBAMA'S REAL VIETNAM? + WILL MEXICO TURN INTO AFGHANISTAN? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-03-13 01:06 |