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2014-10-23 Home Front: WoT

Leader Of Mexico's Gulf Cartel Arrested In Texas, U.S. Officials Say

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Posted by trailing wife 2014-10-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top
File under: Narcos

#1 Wait, a 23-year-old is the top leader of one of the top two Mexican cartels? That doesn't pass the smell test.

Posted by Mitch H. 2014-10-23 11:18|| 2014-10-23 11:18|| Front Page Top

#2 That doesn't pass the smell test

Unless he's an ambitious bugger...

Posted by Pappy 2014-10-23 13:53|| 2014-10-23 13:53|| Front Page Top

#3 ...while shopping in south Texas,

Abercrombie & Fitch? J. Crew? Bebe?

Posted by Raj 2014-10-23 14:42|| 2014-10-23 14:42|| Front Page Top

#4 Quite likely, Raj.

Posted by Pappy 2014-10-23 15:57|| 2014-10-23 15:57|| Front Page Top

#5 Mitch, Al Capone was about 24 when he became a crime boss. As Pappy says "ambitious bugger".

Posted by AlanC 2014-10-23 18:40|| 2014-10-23 18:40|| Front Page Top

#6 The cartels lack the bureaucracy of promotion and selection boards along with 'block checking' assignments. In the field, the natural process of selection occurs with the no-go's literally buried.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-10-23 19:23|| 2014-10-23 19:23|| Front Page Top

#7 Released in 3 2 1...

Posted by KBK 2014-10-23 20:05|| 2014-10-23 20:05|| Front Page Top

#8 Does that mean he votes absentee in the Texas elections next month?

Posted by Mystic 2014-10-23 21:34|| 2014-10-23 21:34|| Front Page Top

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