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Army kills top mexican druglord
Top drug lord Ignacio Coronel killed in shootout with Mexican forces
MEXICO CITY (BNO NEWS) – Top drug lord Ignacio Coronel was killed on Thursday in a gun battle with the Mexican Army in the central-western Jalisco
state, Mexico's Defense Ministry said.
Coronel Villarreal was a close associate of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the leader of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel. The U.S. government had
offered a $5-million reward for his capture.
Witnesses said that the operation started around 1:00 p.m. local time (2:00 p.m. EST) when elite forces closed roads in Zapopan, a city part of the
Guadalajara Metropolitan Area, and surrounded at least three houses as the soldiers, many arriving by helicopter, cut off communications in the area.
Then an intense battle ensued in which Coronel Villareal was killed, and nine of his men were captured. The raid, carried out by 200 soldiers of the
Army and the Air Force in the Colinas de San Javier neighborhood, lasted nearly two hours.
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Many believed Coronel to be even more powerful than Chapo Guzman.
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Baja will be safer now!
Udo
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surfer jim
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How about some photos....?
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Borderlandbeat.com
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/07/nacho-coronel-killed-in-zapopan-jalisco.html
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Mexicorn
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Wow El Chorte really!
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BajaBruno
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Based on the lack of success Mexican law enforcement has been having in court (referencing another post), maybe killing the bad guys is their only
viable option to keeping them off the streets.
Christopher Bruno, Elk Grove, CA.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBruno
Based on the lack of success Mexican law enforcement has been having in court (referencing another post), maybe killing the bad guys is their only
viable option to keeping them off the streets. |
Save the system time and money
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Live by the sword....die by the sword. Civil Rights have no place in the equation.
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Great idea now we should ask president Salinas-Gotari if we can implement a new law...
More unsolicted ideas from my bar stool at the end of Splash. Well gotta go my buddy Tommy just rolled in and Jim, Tommy and I are about to enter
into a deep philosophical conversation about something important.
I wish Richard was here it's going to be a hum-dinger!
Ni-co! another roundo!
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From another news source:
"Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel, a reputed founder of Mexico's methamphetamine trade, was gunned down trying to escape soldiers in the western city of
Guadalajara.
Mexican authorities said he fired on soldiers as helicopters hovered overhead and troops closed in.
Coronel was a close associate of Mexico's most wanted man, Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman and was No. 3 in the organization after
Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada.
"Nacho Coronel tried to escape and fired on military personnel, killing one soldier and wounding another," Gen. Edgar Luis Villegas said at a news
conference in Mexico City. "Responding to the attack, this 'capo' died."
The raid "significantly affects the operational capacity and drug distribution of the organization run by Guzman," he added.
Coronel's downfall came amid persistent allegations that Calderon's administration appeared to be favoring the Sinaloa cartel or not hitting it as
hard as other drug gangs."
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Does that mean the US Govt saved 5 million , or does the PFC in the Mexican
Army that killed him gets the 5 mil?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by ELINVESTIG8R
Borderlandbeat.com
Thanks for the link to this informative site. |
When the way comes to an end, then change. Having changed, you pass through.
~ I-Ching
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| Quote: | Originally posted by windgrrl
| Quote: | Originally posted by ELINVESTIG8R
Borderlandbeat.com
Thanks for the link to this informative site. |
I agree...I ended up readying this site for 3 hrs last night..entertaining if nothing else...highly disturbing as well!! |
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YW...
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