Gypsy Jan - 9-26-2010 at 07:36 AM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11413360
Mexican Police Arrest Suspected Drug Lord, Soto Reyes
"Mexican police have arrested Margarito Soto Reyes, believed to be one of the leading members of the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel, the government
says.
Soto Reyes, also known as "The Tiger", was detained with eight accomplices near the western city of Guadalajara, the Ministry of Public Security said.
Soto Reyes allegedly smuggled half a tonne of drugs into the US every month.
Police believe he replaced Ignacio Coronel, a top member of the cartel killed by soldiers in July.
nvestigations by Mexican and US security forces showed that Soto Reyes had taken over control of an important trafficking route for synthetic drugs
that had formerly been operated by Coronel, the ministry said in a statement.
The Sinaloa cartel is one of the most powerful and violent drug trafficking organisations in Mexico."
woody with a view - 9-26-2010 at 07:40 AM
if they keep it up we'll have another turf war to deal with.
Eli - 9-26-2010 at 09:54 AM
O.k., So, Sota replaced Coronel, so now, who's next? I can't help but wonder how many are waiting in line to take his place. I can't help but believe
that there are as many waiting for their opportunity as there are stars in the universe. The Line is infinite.
bajajazz - 9-26-2010 at 10:11 AM
The "war on drugs" doesn't work because it is being waged against the people who are in direct contact with the drugs. Even if these gangsters
occupy positions of authority in the very tip of the power pyramid, they are still just low-class "soldiers" who have no political or social clout.
They are expendable and replaceable.
It would be far more effective to follow the chain of the money supply, and bust the handlers of the drug proceeds. A policy like that would lead to
the exposure and arrest of untold numbers of bankers, politicians, business men and clergy -- and might actually accomplish something.
That's why it won't ever happen.