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Spain seizes members of major Mexican drug cartel
MADRID (Reuters) - Four members of a major Mexican drug-trafficking cartel have been arrested in Madrid, including a cousin of Mexico's most wanted
man.
The Sinaloa Cartel, one of the biggest criminal organizations in the world, was trying to set up a European operation based in Spain, Spain's Interior
Ministry said in a statement on Friday.
"Our country was going to be used as a point of entry for large shipments of narcotics," it said.
One of the four Mexican men arrested was named as Jesus Gutierrez Guzman, a cousin of Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, the head of the cartel.
All four men, who were arrested near hotels in central Madrid, are wanted in the United States over allegations of drug trafficking and money
laundering.
The arrests were part of a joint operation with the U.S. FBI dubbed Dark Waters, which began in 2009. Spanish officials involved in the operation
seized a container with 373 kg (822 pounds) of cocaine in the port of Algeciras in July.
The news caused a splash across Mexican media when it emerged that one of the suspects was linked to Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party, or
PRI, whose candidate won July's presidential election.
Rafael Celaya had applied to be a PRI candidate for federal deputy for the northern state of Sonora in the July poll, but was unsuccessful, according
to the official party website.
A photo on Celaya's Facebook page showed him standing next to incoming president Enrique Pena Nieto at a campaign event.
The PRI released a statement on Friday confirming that Celaya had been rejected as a candidate and saying he had no special connection with Pena
Nieto.
"During his campaign for presidency, Enrique Pena Nieto took hundreds of thousands of photos with militants and sympathizers but that doesn't imply
any commitment or alliances," it said in the release.
http://news.yahoo.com/spain-seizes-members-major-mexico-drug...
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Funny (odd statements) article.
Mainly:
"Our country was going to be used as a point of entry for large shipments of narcotics," it said.
Was? I find it hard to believe that the Mexicans haven't been shipping to Spain for a long time. It's the natural place for them to do business. Much
more likely than say Poland. But maybe it is a new thing. Europe, welcome to cocaine.
"During his campaign for presidency, Enrique Pena Nieto took hundreds of thousands of photos with militants and sympathizers but that doesn't imply
any commitment or alliances," it said in the release.
Hundreds of thousands with militants and sympathizers??? OK, I guess.
But, it's good they got the bad guys. I wonder if they'll be prosecuted in Spain, the US, or Mexico.
[Edited on 8-11-2012 by SFandH]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by SFandH
I find it hard to believe that the Mexicans haven't been shipping to Spain for a long time. It's the natural place for them to do business. Much more
likely than say Poland.
My geography is a little rusty, but isn't Poland a little to far inland. Can't remember if they have seaport.  |
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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Poland: Gdansk.
Spanish prisons are not Mexican prisons. The Basque hate and fear them. The accused are probably on their hands and knees praying to be extradited to
the US or better yet, Mexico.
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