Chapo Guzman Caught!

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Posted: Feb 22, 2014 8:15 AM PST Updated: Feb 22, 2014 8:27 AM PST
By ALICIA A. CALDWELL
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Associated Press has learned that the head of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel was captured overnight by U.S. and Mexican authorities at a hotel in Mazatlan, Mexico.

A senior U.S. law enforcement official said Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was taken alive overnight in the beach resort town. The official was not authorized to discuss the arrest and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Guzman faces multiple federal drug trafficking indictments in the U.S. and is on the Drug Enforcement Administration's most-wanted list. His drug empire stretches throughout North America and reaches as far away as Europe and Australia. His cartel has been heavily involved in the bloody drug war that has torn through parts of Mexico for the last several years.

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Ladyjeeper

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The second in command is the one they got in Rocky Point in Dec. He was supposedly killed but his body disappeared from the hospital....
 
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Southbeacher

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Yeah, but this isn't a street gang, where if the leader -- or even runner up -- disappears, the gang disintegrates. This is Sinoloa Cartel. I'd think that someone will step up.
 
Landshark

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Southbeacher said:
Yeah, but this isn't a street gang, where if the leader -- or even runner up -- disappears, the gang disintegrates. This is Sinoloa Cartel. I'd think that someone will step up.
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Hope you are right. However it seems unlikely that this won't create a disruption in the balance of power that will be challenged.
 
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Dezracer

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The whole reason there is a cartel war is the Mexican and US government took out the leaders. This led to a power vacuum with various fractions fighting for control. As long as the the US keeps buying drugs, there will never be a end.

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Landshark

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Something else to consider. Chances of it being him are questionable as he has look-alikes that he pays millions to impersonate him. Seems unlikely they would be able to take him alive anyway. This all sounds too easy.
 
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marybna

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This explaains why the polic and policar are still at the villa right below my deck at Bella. They are saying it is still a crime scene.
 
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mis2810

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Ladyjeeper said:
The second in command is the one they got in Rocky Point in Dec. He was supposedly killed but his body disappeared from the hospital....
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No, the second in command is Mayo Zambada. The one they caught in Penasco was Macho Prieto, high level sicario (assasin) but not one of the big capos.
 
Roberto

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Posted photos of the inside of his alleged condo show botha wheel chair and an infant crib? Interesting.
 
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