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| Captive Says Mexican Cops on Cartel Payroll |
| 2011-05-05 |
| But for the accusation against Leyzaola, I wouldn't even bother with this story. The link is to a story posted at La Polaka. You can go to www.blogdelnarco.com yourself, but it is potentially a malware filled site I wouldn't visit unless I was using Linux. The embattled police chief of Juarz Julian Leyzaola, and the head of the Mexican Policia Federal in Chihuahua, Efren Avila are on the Sinaloa cartel payroll. At least that is the accusation made by a purported captured bagman for the Sinaloa drug cartel held by La Linea the armed wing of the Juarez drug cartel. The video was posted at the Blog del Narco website Tuesday which showed Carlos Estrada, bound by his hands and blindfolded, and on his knees as three armed men also masked stood by covering the victim with their assault rifles. Throughout the video Estrada did not appear to say a word. He sat in front of his three captors, as the leader of the captors read from prepared remarks presumably taped to Estrada's back. Background "narcocorridos" music blasted in the background making it difficult to make out much of what was being said. From time to time Estrada's head would bow only to be held up by his hair by the lead captor reading the remarks. At the end of the video was a list of police officers and commanders from Juarez, Parral, Casas Grandes, and Chihuahua the group says are on the payroll of the Sinaloa drug gang. The deadly feud between the Sinaloa and Juarez drug cartels often hinges on accusation of police officers and commanders in Juarez and Chihuahua city being on the others' payroll. Several legal and police officials in Chihuahua state in the past have been accused of being on drug cartel payrolls, including former Chihuahua state attorney general Patricia Gonzalez, who was accused by Sinaloa drug cartel of being on the Juarez drug cartel's payroll, but little has come of those charges. To read a Rantburg report with background information concerning the Sinaloa-Juarez rivalry, including links to other related stories, click here. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #4 I don't write drug war news in Mexican states other than Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon. Tamaulipas and to a lesser extent Durango, unless it is a really important event. You should follow Mexican narcoblogs because they do report comprehensively on Mexican drug war news nationwide. I do however write on Mexican national politics and how it an affect the war on drugs. For instance, Saturday will begin a series of news analyses on the current Peace March being "led" my Mexican poet Javier Sicily, and marches in 31 other Mexican localities, including Ciudad Juarez, as well as in six US cities. To your wife and her extended family: Da a su esposa e familia mi complimentas, por favor. |
| Posted by: badanov 2011-05-05 21:03 |
| #3 Sorry, I just read the referred to blog - crispy critter appears in Nayarit - tis pity since I often considered retiring in San Blas - inexpensive and seaside town. |
| Posted by: borgboy 2011-05-05 17:52 |
| #2 Que nueva? Thx Badanov for your diligent work - my wife's extended family is from Nayarit (state due south from Sinaloa) - no major problems there yet. |
| Posted by: borgboy 2011-05-05 17:48 |
| #1 Obviously, we need a "Shocked, Shocked!" heading under "Corrupt pols" |
| Posted by: mojo 2011-05-05 11:41 |