They got Chapo Guzman, Sinola Cartel Leader

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They saying El Chapo's people gave him up. And one of the key informants was El Mayo's head bodyguard they scooped up last month. In a 4 HOUR GUN BATTLE.

http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2014/02/news-of-chapo-arrest.html

the same sword they knight you...they gon' good night you..

 

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Last Updated Feb 22, 2014 4:54 PM EST


The chief of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel was captured Saturday, CBS News has confirmed.

Federal law enforcement sources told CBS News that Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was arrested in Mazatlan, Mexico. Authorities took Guzman into custody early Saturday morning inside a high-rise condominium along the boardwalk near Mazatlan's aquarium.

A law enforcement source told CBS News senior investigative producer Pat Milton that Guzman, 56, was taken by surprise by Mexican marines and law enforcement officers.



Guzman was found naked in bed with an AK-47 nearby, which he didn't get a chance to grab, Milton reports. The raid was so fast his bodyguards didn't even have a chance to react, the source said.

Saturday's arrest followed some near-misses in attempts to capture Guzman during the last three weeks, the law enforcement source told Milton.

Mexican authorities missed taking him "within seconds" at a condominium in Mexico 10 days ago, the source said. Guzman escaped through an elaborate tunnel under a bathtub, leaving behind his personal handgun, which authorities confiscated.

The Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. and Mexican law enforcement had been working side by side for months sharing intelligence and strategy to arrest Guzman, the source said.



Guzman arrived at the Mexico City airport after his arrest and was being taken directly to prison, said Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam.

Guzman appeared in a white shirt and dark pants and had a mustache and full head of dark hair as he was held at the neck and escorted by two masked marines.



"This is a huge success for Mexican authorities," said Samuel Gonzalez, a former anti-drug prosecutor in Mexico, "that after so many years, this guy will return to prison. All of his victims deserve that."

Guzman faces multiple federal drug trafficking indictments in the U.S. and is on the DEA'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.

A legendary outlaw, Guzman had been pursued for several weeks. His arrest comes on the heels of the takedown of several top Sinaloa operatives in the last few months and at least 10 mid-level cartel members in the last week. (SOMEBODY SNITCHED)

The son of Sinaloa's co-leader and Guzman's partner, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, was arrested in November after entering Arizona, where he had an appointment with U.S. immigration authorities to arrange legal status for his wife.

The following month, Zambada's main lieutenant was killed as Mexican helicopter gunships sprayed bullets at his mansion in the Gulf of California resort of Puerto Penasco in a four-hour gunbattle. Days later, police in the Netherlands arrested Zambada's flamboyant top enforcer as he arrived in Amsterdam.

For that reason, rumors circulated that that the government was mounting a major operation to get Zambada.

Experts predict that as long as Zambada is at large, the cartel will continue business as usual.

"The take-down of Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán Loera is a thorn in the side of the Sinaloa Cartel, but not a dagger in its heart," said College of William and Mary government professor George Grayson, who studies Mexico's cartels. "Zambada ... will step into El Chapo's boots. He is also allied with Juan Jose "El Azul" Esparragoza Moreno, one of most astute lords in Mexico's underworld and, by far, its best negotiator."

Guzman's capture ended a long and storied manhunt. He was rumored to live everywhere from Argentina to Guatemala since he slipped out in 2001 from prison in a laundry truck - a feat that fed his larger-than-life persona. Because insiders aided his escape, rumors circulated for years that he was helped and protected by former Mexican President Felipe Calderon's government, which vanquished some of his top rivals.

In more than a decade on the run, Guzman transformed himself from a middling Mexican capo into arguably the most powerful drug trafficker in the world. His fortune has grown to more than $1 billion, according to Forbes magazine, which listed him among the "World's Most Powerful People" and ranked him above the presidents of France and Venezuela.

His Sinaloa Cartel grew bloodier and more powerful, taking over much of the lucrative trafficking routes along the U.S. border, including such prized cities as Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez. Guzman's play for power against local cartels caused a bloodbath in Tijuana and made Juarez one of the deadliest cities in the world. In little more than a year, Mexico's biggest marijuana bust, 134 tons, and its biggest cultivation were tied to Sinaloa, as were a giant underground methamphetamine lab in western Mexico and hundreds of tons of precursor chemicals seized in Mexico and Guatemala.

His cartel's tentacles now extend as far as Australia thanks to a sophisticated, international distribution system for cocaine and methamphetamines.

Guzman did all that with a $7 million bounty on his head and while evading thousands of law enforcement agents from the U.S. and other countries devoted to his capture. A U.S. federal indictment unsealed in San Diego in 1995 charges Guzman and 22 members of his organization with conspiracy to import over eight tons of cocaine and money laundering. A provisional arrest warrant was issued as a result of the indictment, according to the State Department.

He has been indicted by federal authorities in the United States several times since 1996. The charges include allegations that he and others conspired to smuggle "multi-ton quantities" of cocaine into the U.S. and used violence, including murder, kidnapping and torture to keep the smuggling operation running. He's also accused of conspiring to smuggle heroin into the United States and money laundering.

In 2013, he was named "Public Enemy No. 1" by the Chicago Crime Commission, only the second person to get that distinction after U.S. prohibition-era crime boss Al Capone. Guzman faces a two-count indictment in Chicago charging him with running a drug smuggling conspiracy responsible for smuggling cocaine and heroin into the U.S.

Guzman is still celebrated in folk songs and is said to have enjoyed deep protection from humble villagers in the rugged hills of Sinaloa and Durango where he has hidden from authorities. He is also thought to have contacts inside law enforcement that helped him evade capture, including a near-miss in February 2012 in the southern Baja California resort of Cabo San Lucas just after an international meeting of foreign ministers. He was vacationing in Cabo during a visit by then-U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

"There's no drug-trafficking organization in Mexico with the scope, the savvy, the operational ability, expertise and knowledge as the Sinaloa cartel," said one former U.S. law enforcement official, who couldn't be quoted by name for security reasons. "You've kind of lined yourself up the New York Yankees of the drug trafficking world."

An estimated 70,000 people have been killed in drug violence since former President Calderon deployed thousands of soldiers to drug hotspots upon taking office on Dec. 1, 2006. The current government of President Enrique Pena Nieto has stopped tallying drug-related killings separately. Many say his government's assault on drug cartels and arrest of kingpins actually fueled the growth of Sinaloa and its major rival, the Zetas, which are now going head-to-heard for lucrative territory.

The two are battling for Nuevo Laredo, a play Guzman lost to the Zetas in 2005, and hitting each other deep inside their respective territories. Sinaloa took over a key Zeta port in Veracruz, while bands of Zetas have attacked their rival deep inside the cartel's home, western Sinaloa and Jalisco states.

The conflict has led to the gruesome dumping of dozens of bodies by both organizations in their battlegrounds.

Authorities said the battle also weakened the Sinaloa cartel and that key hits on the top leadership in Guzman's organization had shaken up his inner circle. In the first months of 2012, the Mexican army and federal police arrested a half dozen key Sinaloa people, including two major cocaine suppliers and a man described as the head of Guzman's security detail.

In April last year, a video made the rounds on the Internet of a man whom U.S. authorities believed was Guzman, possibly indicating a security breach in his inner circle. In 2012, Colombian police seized 116 properties worth $15 million that they say were bought for Guzman, while the U.S. Treasury Department announced that it was placing financial sanctions on a wife and several of his sons.

While his capture may have symbolic importance, many, including Guzman's cartel partner, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, say it won't stop the violence or flow of drugs through Mexico to the United States.

"When it comes to the capos, jailed, dead or extradited - their replacements are ready," Zambada said in an exclusive interview published in Proceso magazine in April 2010.

Guzman's success and infamy surpassed Colombia's Pablo Escobar, who was gunned down by police in 1993 after waging a decade-long reign of terror in the South American country, killing hundreds of police, judges, journalists and politicians.

They probably used the equivalent of GREY FOX or whatever they're called now to find him, like they did for Escobar.

They stormed that bytch so fast, he couldn't react

 

[F0nz0]

Shut up.

He's a horrible human being.

Nah man he ain't the only one feeling this way. . I got fam in mex and trust when I say that a lot of people out there view Chapo as a modern day Robin hoood..

Dude set up free clinics for women/children out there to get no cost healthcare..

Not excusing his actions... but not all everyday people out there hate him or wanted him caught

 

[atlbound]

 

[jay211]

his arrest is gonna turn up cartel violence

 

[newarkhiphop]

Free él Chapo

 

[Non Sequitur]

Cut one head off...it grows three more...

 

[re'up]

Man, little did I know back in the day these nitwits the Flores brothers were going to be mingling with the likes of el Chapo Guzman and el Mayo. I used to play b-ball with Pedro back in H.S. they were always wearing fresh gear, and the whole 9.

If they extradite el Chapo to the states. His new home will be Florence ADX. Where the Arellano-Felix brothers, and Osiel Cardenas-Guillen are waiting for him. They'll probably never cross paths, being on lockdown all the time.

Wow…..That's crazy those guys are lowlifes, but legends in a way….There's another article, I'll throw up a link for you in a minute, detailing just how dirty those kids were, their Dad got smoked in Sinaloa, though. So, thats something. Zetas are without leadership and infrastructure, CDG is hurting too….divided and fighting….Juarez may come back, it all goes in cycles. And, El Inge is still free….Mayo didn't give up Chapo, I don't think so, this is going to hurt him too….

 

[newarkhiphop]

 

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never heard of that website.

 

[The Burger King]

This shyt just keeps getting better and better
Be a drug lord brehs

 

[jay211]

People saying El Mayo might be in cahoots with Caro Quintero, and giving up El Chapo was part of the deal for a peace and power move. Quuintero used to be the man before the US gave that nikka the hand of God. US was pissed Mexico freed him from prison.

Quintero was behind the murder of Kiki Camarena (DEA agent), which set off the wars between the US and the cartels in the 80's. The old man's out now and looking to get back in the game.

Also if you noticed over the past months all of El Mayo's people were getting hemmed up. Including his sons. We know El Chapo drops dimes. So maybe Mayo was suspicious.

 

[KENNY DA COOKER]

Let's be serious. I think El Mayo might've helped dime him out. El Mayo now becomes the head of the Sinaloa cartel. And two of EL Mayo's kids got picked up by the feds. And one was working with the DEA at the behest of his father El Mayo. Read this article..

http://rt.com/usa/sinaloa-drug-cartel-deal-dea-551/


Between 2000 and 2012, the US government had a deal with Mexican drug cartel Sinaloa that allowed the group to smuggle billion of dollars of drugs in return for information on its rival cartels, according to court documents published by El Universal.

Written statements made by a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent and a US Department of Justice official in US District Court of Chicago following the 2009 arrest of Jesus Vicente Zambada-Niebla - son of a Sinaloa leader Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and the organization’s alleged “logistics coordinator" - indicate that DEA agents met with top Sinaloa officials over 50 times beginning in 2000.

"The DEA agents met with members of the cartel in Mexico to obtain information about their rivals and simultaneously built a network of informants who sign drug cooperation agreements, subject to results, to enable them to obtain future benefits, including cancellation of charges in the US," El Universal reported.

DEA agent Manuel Castanon told the court, "On March 17, 2009, I met for approximately 30 minutes in a hotel room in Mexico City with Vincente Zambada-Niebla and two other individuals — DEA agent David Herrod and a cooperating source [Sinaloa lawyer Loya Castro] with whom I had worked since 2005. ... I did all of the talking on behalf of [the] DEA."

Hours later, Mexican Marines arrested Zambada-Niebla - known as “El Vicentillo” - for trafficking billions of dollars of cocaine and heroin. Castanon and other DEA agents later visited Zambada-Niebla in prison, where he “reiterated his desire to cooperate.”

Patrick Hearn, a Justice Department prosecutor at the time, told the US District Court that, according to DEA special agent Steve Fraga, Sinaloa lawyer Castro offered information leading to a 23-ton cocaine seizure, other seizures related to "various drug trafficking organizations," and that “El Mayo” Zambada requested his son cooperate with US officials.

Zambada-Niebla’s attorney told the court that Castro negotiated a deal with US agents in the late 1990s that ensured Sinaloa would filter information on rival drug trafficking operations if the US would dismiss its case against the Sinaloa lawyer and withhold interference in Sinaloa’s trafficking actions or stop actively prosecuting Sinaloa’s top officials.

"The agents stated that this arrangement had been approved by high-ranking officials and federal prosecutors," Zambada-Niebla lawyer wrote to the court.

Upon extradition to Chicago in early 2010, Zambada-Niebla claimed he was "immune from arrest or prosecution" given his cooperation with US federal law enforcement.

El Universal, of Mexico, is the first news outlet to publish the documents. Its investigation included interviews with over 100 active and retired police officers, in addition to prisoners and experts. The DEA did not comment for the story.

The news daily reported that the US-Sinaloa relationship peaked between 2006 and 2012, as multiple cartels tightened their grip in Mexico. El Universal says it is unclear if any similar deals exist today.

The revelations follow years of allegations that Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, leader of Sinaloa and considered one of the world’s most powerful drug traffickers, had coordinated with US authorities.

Sinaloa has a formidable presence in the US. For example, the DEA has said the cartel supplies 80 percent of the heroin, cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamine - worth US$3 billion - that enters the Chicago area per year.

Zambada-Niebla has also alleged that Operation Fast and Furious was an agreement with the US to finance and arm Sinaloa in return for information on rivals. The gun-walking scandal, dubbed Operation Fast and Furious, involved the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives deliberately allowing licensed firearms dealers to sell weapons to illegal buyers. The ATF allegedly planned to track the guns to Mexican drug cartels for later arrest.

Well damn

 

[Non Sequitur]

Let's be serious. I think El Mayo might've helped dime him out. El Mayo now becomes the head of the Sinaloa cartel. And two of EL Mayo's kids got picked up by the feds. And one was working with the DEA at the behest of his father El Mayo. Read this article..

http://rt.com/usa/sinaloa-drug-cartel-deal-dea-551/


Between 2000 and 2012, the US government had a deal with Mexican drug cartel Sinaloa that allowed the group to smuggle billion of dollars of drugs in return for information on its rival cartels, according to court documents published by El Universal.

Written statements made by a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent and a US Department of Justice official in US District Court of Chicago following the 2009 arrest of Jesus Vicente Zambada-Niebla - son of a Sinaloa leader Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and the organization’s alleged “logistics coordinator" - indicate that DEA agents met with top Sinaloa officials over 50 times beginning in 2000.

"The DEA agents met with members of the cartel in Mexico to obtain information about their rivals and simultaneously built a network of informants who sign drug cooperation agreements, subject to results, to enable them to obtain future benefits, including cancellation of charges in the US," El Universal reported.

DEA agent Manuel Castanon told the court, "On March 17, 2009, I met for approximately 30 minutes in a hotel room in Mexico City with Vincente Zambada-Niebla and two other individuals — DEA agent David Herrod and a cooperating source [Sinaloa lawyer Loya Castro] with whom I had worked since 2005. ... I did all of the talking on behalf of [the] DEA."

Hours later, Mexican Marines arrested Zambada-Niebla - known as “El Vicentillo” - for trafficking billions of dollars of cocaine and heroin. Castanon and other DEA agents later visited Zambada-Niebla in prison, where he “reiterated his desire to cooperate.”

Patrick Hearn, a Justice Department prosecutor at the time, told the US District Court that, according to DEA special agent Steve Fraga, Sinaloa lawyer Castro offered information leading to a 23-ton cocaine seizure, other seizures related to "various drug trafficking organizations," and that “El Mayo” Zambada requested his son cooperate with US officials.

Zambada-Niebla’s attorney told the court that Castro negotiated a deal with US agents in the late 1990s that ensured Sinaloa would filter information on rival drug trafficking operations if the US would dismiss its case against the Sinaloa lawyer and withhold interference in Sinaloa’s trafficking actions or stop actively prosecuting Sinaloa’s top officials.

"The agents stated that this arrangement had been approved by high-ranking officials and federal prosecutors," Zambada-Niebla lawyer wrote to the court.

Upon extradition to Chicago in early 2010, Zambada-Niebla claimed he was "immune from arrest or prosecution" given his cooperation with US federal law enforcement.

El Universal, of Mexico, is the first news outlet to publish the documents. Its investigation included interviews with over 100 active and retired police officers, in addition to prisoners and experts. The DEA did not comment for the story.

The news daily reported that the US-Sinaloa relationship peaked between 2006 and 2012, as multiple cartels tightened their grip in Mexico. El Universal says it is unclear if any similar deals exist today.

The revelations follow years of allegations that Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, leader of Sinaloa and considered one of the world’s most powerful drug traffickers, had coordinated with US authorities.

Sinaloa has a formidable presence in the US. For example, the DEA has said the cartel supplies 80 percent of the heroin, cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamine - worth US$3 billion - that enters the Chicago area per year.

Zambada-Niebla has also alleged that Operation Fast and Furious was an agreement with the US to finance and arm Sinaloa in return for information on rivals. The gun-walking scandal, dubbed Operation Fast and Furious, involved the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives deliberately allowing licensed firearms dealers to sell weapons to illegal buyers. The ATF allegedly planned to track the guns to Mexican drug cartels for later arrest.

The "drug war" is a big fukking charade

 

[Icantspell]

never heard of that website.

huzlers.com
A site with no credibility, often producing false rumors or the lamest news. Huzler links are often seen on facebook shared by your slowest and dimmest person on your friend's list. Sort of like The Onion news' little brother with down syndrome that lives under a bridge eating cardboard paper living on likes and share of social network sites.