Sinaloa Cartel

The US Government collaborated with Mexico to arrest over 50 members of the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the most wanted and dangerous drug cartels in the world.

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US arrests 300 in crackdown on Mexican drug cartel

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Mexico has welcomed a massive US operation targeting Mexican drug gangs that included the arrest of 303 people and the seizure of tonnes of narcotics over two days of raids. The operation saw more than 3,000 federal agents and police officers deployed across 19 US states as part of the longer-running "Project Coronado," which has netted nearly 1,200 suspects since 2005. "This operation has dealt a significant blow to La Familia's supply chain of illegal drugs, weapons and cash flowing between Mexico and the United States," said US Attorney General Eric Holder. Mexico's attorney general's office issued a statement welcoming the news. "The government ... Read Full Story

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US cracks down on Mexican drug cartel, 300 arrested

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In the largest ever crackdown on a Mexican drug cartel in the United States, law enforcement agencies said they had arrested 303 people and seized tonnes of narcotics over the past two days. The massive operation saw more than 3,000 federal agents and police officers deployed across 19 US states as part of the longer-running "Project Coronado," which has netted nearly 1,200 suspects since 2005. "This operation has dealt a significant blow to La Familia's supply chain of illegal drugs, weapons and cash flowing between Mexico and the United States," said US Attorney General Eric Holder. US President Barack Obama and his Mexican counterpart, ... Read Full Story

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Two Mexicans wanted for 45 murders held

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Two drug-cartel hit men wanted for 45 killings were arrested by soldiers in this northern border city, Mexican authorities said. Soldiers tracked down the hit men after they were wounded last Friday in a shootout with a rival gang at a Ciudad Juarez hospital, the defense department said in a statement Tuesday. Arturo Arellano Corral, 26, and Salomon Bolivar Villa, 20, told interrogators that they worked for a cell of the Sinaloa drug cartel. The men admitted to 45 murders, the defense department said. Four hit men suspected in a total of 211 killings were captured in August by troops and federal police stationed ... Read Full Story

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U.S. charges 10 accused Mexican drug cartel leaders

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ten accused Mexican drug cartel leaders were among 43 defendants charged with conspiring to smuggle billions of dollars worth of cocaine into the United States, but most of them remain at large, U.S. authorities said Thursday. The United States, which has been seeking to crack down on drug trafficking and violence along the border with Mexico which has escalated recently, seeks the forfeiture of more than $5.8 billion in drug proceeds as part of the charges. They announced the charges brought in New York and Chicago against the accused leaders and other high-ranking members of several of Mexico's most powerful drug ... Read Full Story

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Mexico catches leading member of La Familia cartel

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The Mexican army said Monday that soldiers captured Luis Ricardo Magana, who prosecutors describe as a leading member of the violent La Familia drug cartel. Magana is allegedly on the level of cartel leader Servando "La Tuta" Gomez and purportedly controlled methamphetamine shipments to the United States for the gang, Gen. Luis Arturo Oliver said. Gomez is one of Mexico's most-wanted fugitives and is blamed for retaliation attacks on federal police in the cartel's home state of Michoacan in western Mexico. Oliver said Magana was captured Sunday in the Pacific coast port of Manzanillo along with five men believed to be his bodyguards. Magana ... Read Full Story

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Nicaragua Seizes Guns from Mexican Drug Cartel

MANAGUA An arsenal of military weaponry seized over the weekend in the province of Matagalpa belonged to a cell of Mexicos Sinaloa drug cartel, Nicaraguan authorities said Monday. The National Police said Monday in a communique that the arsenal including 58 assault rifles, two mortars, 10 grenades, 30 sticks of TNT and 19,236 rounds of ammunition were being transported by members of the Sinaloa cartel in a pickup truck with Nicaraguan...

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Mexican drug lord's nephew commits suicide

Mexico City, Nov 22, 2009 (EFE via COMTEX) -- A nephew of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, a top Sinaloa drug cartel leader, committed suicide at a government safe house, the Mexican Attorney General's Office said. Jesus Zambada Reyes was a "cooperating ...

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Nicaragua seizes arms cache from Mexican drug cartel

MANAGUA - Nicaraguan police on Sunday seized a large cache of weapons and explosives from suspected members of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel after a police car chase outside Managua, a spokeswoman said. The weapons included 61 automatic rifles, mostly ...

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US seizes 300 drug cartel members

In the United States, more than 300 people have been arrested and large quantities of drugs seized in a two-day police operation against the Mexican drug cartel La Familia. Announcing the results of the operation, US Attorney General Eric Holder said 3000 police officers had carried out raids in 14 states. The operation was part of Project Coronado, which in the past four years has led to the capture of more than 1200 La Familia members.

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Mexican drug baron makes Forbes power list

The leader of a Mexican drug cartel made Forbes' magazines list of the world's most powerful people, well ahead of France's President Nicolas Sarkozy and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.Joaquin "Chapo" Guzman, head of the feared Sinaloa cartel, was number 41 on the Forbes list, published Thursday on the business magazine's website.The magazine said he was believed to have shipped between six and 19 billion dollars worth of cocaine to the...

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Mexican Drug Lord Makes Forbes List

A reputed Mexican drug lord with a $5 million reward on his head has been named to Forbes magazine's list of the most powerful people in the world. Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who authorities say heads the powerful Sinaloa Cartel, is believed to have shipped $6 billion to $19 billion in cocaine to the United States over the past eight years, Forbes says in the listing. The magazine ranks him No. 41, ahead of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev...

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Feds Arrest 303 in Raids in 19 States Concerning Mexican Drug Cartel

A total of 303 people have been arrested over the past two days in coordinated raids in 19 states and large amounts of drugs and cash have been seized concerning alleged operations of a Mexican cartel in the United States. Announced today by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, the raids were a "significant blow" to the La Familia Michoacána, he said, describing the group as the newest and most violent of Mexico's five drug cartels, reports the...

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