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World's Most Notorious Drug-Lord - Billionaire Mexican Cartel Boss "El Chapo" - Captured
The world’s most notorious and powerful drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera, has reportedly been captured in Mexico. The head of the Sinoloa Cartel - nicknamed Chapo or "shorty" - was caught last night, according to the AP, at a hotel resort in Mazatlan in a joint US-Mexico operation. Forbes ranked Guzman 67 out of 72 on their list of the World’s Most Powerful People. With revenues believed to exceed $3bn, his Sinaloa cartel is easily the most powerful in Mexico, responsible for an estimated 25% of all illegal drugs that enter the U.S. via Mexico. While this may appear good news (catching a big bad guy), Stratfor warns "this could spark a wave of violence throughout northwestern Mexico if internal shifts evolve into intra-cartel conflict."
In 2011, Forbes writer Nathan Vardi reported on how the kingpin had surpassed Pablo Escobar to become the biggest ever. “Chapo has a vast criminal enterprise and he has become the leading drug trafficker of all time,” a senior U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration official told Forbes. “He is the godfather of the drug world.”
Last February the city of Chicago branded him the first “Public Enemy No. 1″ since Al Capone.
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Will another stint in prison really bring the end of El Chapo? It didn’t before. During his previous eight years in the clink Guzman continued to manage his cartel via cell phone, while enjoying access to booze, women and a home entertainment system. It was in January 2001, when facing extradition to the U.S., that he slipped into a laundry cart and was rolled out to freedom.
The Mexican military and U.S. authorities captured a top leader of the Sinaloa Federation, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera, in an unnamed hotel in Mazatlan, Sinaloa state, sometime during the night of Feb. 21. Guzman, who has long eluded authorities, faces several federal drug trafficking indictments and is on the Drug Enforcement Administration's most-wanted list. Reportedly, the hotel had been under surveillance for five weeks prior to the arrest, but Guzman had arrived in Mazatlan only days earlier, fleeing military operations in Culiacan.
El Chapo was partly responsible for the expansion of the Sinaloa Federation into the territories of rival Mexican transnational criminal organizations, commonly referred to as cartels. He also helped oversee the expansion of Sinaloa Federation operations beyond Mexico, most notably drug trafficking routes into Europe and Asia. Since December, however, the Sinaloa Federation has suffered from a series of substantial arrests, impacting the cartel wing led by Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada Garcia. The cartel has also faced rising challenges in its areas of operations by regional crime networks as well as other transnational criminal organizations. The tempo and success of operations targeting top Sinaloa Federation leaders will severely hamper the cartel's ability to defend its operations in northwestern Mexico, possibly leading to substantial violence in several areas as rival criminal organizations seek to exploit the cartel's new vulnerabilities.
Like most of Mexico's major transnational criminal organizations, the Sinaloa Federation is led by a collection of crime bosses, each with their own network, operating under a common banner. In addition to Guzman, other notable top-tier leaders include Zambada and Juan Jose "El Azul" Esparragoza Moreno. These leaders guide the Sinaloa Federation's overall strategy and activity throughout Mexico, as well as its transnational operations. With Guzman now in custody, the remaining top bosses, along with several less-prominent leaders, will look to maintain the Sinaloa Federation's control over Guzman's network. This could spark a wave of violence throughout northwestern Mexico if internal shifts evolve into intra-cartel conflict.
A more likely source of violence -- one that could occur alongside an internal Sinaloa Federation feud -- would be a push by the Sinaloa Federation's rivals for control over drug trafficking operations in current Sinaloa Federation territories, including Baja California, Sonora, Durango, Chihuahua, and Sinaloa states. Should Guzman's arrest effectively create opportunities for rivals to pursue territorial gains at the expense of the Sinaloa Federation, Stratfor would expect to see an increase in inter-cartel violence on some scale, as well as a military response to contain or even preempt possible violence, in any area of the aforementioned states.
The last image - from 1993 - of the drug lord... (doesn't look so tough?! ;-)
and his gun...
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El Chumpo
I though Sinaloa were the guys we sent all the guns to... Figured they were "our" drug lords. Bit the hand that Fed?
Not guilty.
i'm impressed with the detective work. usually those cops can't tell shit from sinoloa...(can't believe i'm the first with this. my fingers are shaking)
Ex-Microsoft manager is looking to create the first major marijuana brand for distribution in the United States. Metaphorically what Marlboro is for tobacco, shivelys group seeks to create a brand label for midgrade mexican marijuana. Chapo's ouster as head of the Sinaloa cartel was called for in the ACA, along with the required upgrades of all government software to the new version of windows. You had to pass it to see what was in it.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/30/us-usa-marijuana-idUSBRE94T0ZE...
farout
Phew, good thing they caught him, the drug war is officailly over. How come they haven't released the photo of obama, pena nieto and harper standing on DEA trucks with a "mission accomplished" banner behind? Perfect timing to get the three amigos together.
He must have been late on his CIA payments
The CIA war on drugs is a fucking joke, they are the ones running the drugs.
Anyone know which of the other cartels donated <more> to Obama's coffers?
*my* budget exceeds 4 billion dollars.
just sayin.
hugs,
marg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_A._Hamburg
notorious drug lord?
sure.
*most* notorious drug lord?
maybe, maybe not.
hugs,
ian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Read
DEA is the biggest Drug organisation in the world, by far...
So true, so funny, so sad.
If this means that people are gonna stop growing mull in their back yards then, as much as I hate mull, this is worse. The way to take the money out of the crime is to grow your own.
People complain about the price of smokes but how come no-one ever grows tobacco in their back yards?
they just did that, they fractionally reserved sinoloa so that shit turns to white powder in sing sing bigtime.
With the biggest growth sector of US economy being its "behind bars" population maybe the sinoloa king is making a bet that by getting inside the "behind bars" crowd he will make sure white powder sells faster than I-phones in that exponentially growing population.
The day they put the bankstas behind bars that should become the hottest growth segment of the US economy.
Good long term thinking EL Chapo!
Chapeau !
I got my "Vote for pedro" tshirt on
Someone Forgot the Protection Payment..to the USG.
DOH.
RIPS
he should run for president of the US.
Just buy a us birth certificate, call everybody who's against him a racist and blame the black guy for everything that's wrong in the world.
I even think there's a guuidebook for that... OBOZO PREZ 101
he is wearing a stylish get up.
Looks like they caught him while he was planning his ascent of Mt. Everest.
Wonder what happened to all money...
He looks like a street beggar living someplace cold who just got given a second-hand poofy jacket.
Pic is over 20 years old. I would wager he could afford more than an old worn out puffy jacket
Turf battle with the CIA drug cartel.
So how are Clinton & Bush gonna finance Hilary's run for 2016?
If he doesn't "make" a successful jailbreak,
I'll shit in my hat.
Will this hurt Wells Fargo's bottom line?
lol well played Motorhead +1
LOL, well, thank you!
I predict it will hurt their bottom line, but not the stock price. Because of the drug war peace dividend, green shoots, unicorn farts, multiple expansion and such, it looks like an easy double to me. J. Cramer says WFC is as solid as Bear Stearns.
< Eric Holder's Witness Protection Program
< Eric Holder's Witness Suppression Program
Why with Libyan gold of course.
We won't see what's in THIS compound, you betcha!
Maybe the Bush family revealed his location !
My money's on the Obama family, who have been running things straight into the ground these last few years...
Historically speaking Obama has MUCH more experience with the drug trade.
Among items found were a rolodex with the names and emergency contact numbers of the members of our rulling elite.
"...Badges? What Badges? We don't need no stinkin' Badges!"
Character know as "Gold Hat" in John Houston's classic "Treasure of the Sierra Madre."
cue up Netflix...
World's most notoriious banker, Jamie Dimon, is still at large.
Bart Chilton on steroids.
The US Gov't lads hate competition!
Fast and furious part II
Now at last The War On Drugs is over. Madre de dios!
Got Shorty
"...responsible for an estimated 25% of all illegal drugs that enter the U.S. via Mexico..."
A real free enterpriser...unfortunately just a violent one. The central government doesn't like regional competitors...
HANG THE MOTHERFUCKER
They would have droned him if they wanted him dead.
Possibly now his clone will be in jail while Guzman enjoys his spoils.
Hang the motherfuckers that made the drugs illegal.
They're the ones responsible for decades of death and destruction.
"They're the ones responsible for decades of death and destruction."
Yes and no. The gun and badge thugs are the ones that 'followed orders' and actually prosecuted a war against the American people.
Article 3, Section 3 of the Constitution:
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.
I'll be witness one. Anyone else want to be number two?
"Ignorance of the Constitution and "following orders" is not a viable defense."
Hang him? In this crazy world he's likely on the shortlist for a Nobel Peace Prize.
Big loss for HSBC!
@maneco
HSBC can afford it.
HSBC to announce bonuses totaling $4 billion: report
Obama, Holder let another big bank off the hooksnip
We already knew that Wall Street banks were too big to fail. But are they also too big for the Obama administration to prosecute?
On Tuesday, the government announced it wouldn’t charge HSBC, the British-based megabank accused of enabling money laundering by Mexican drug cartels, among other crimes. Instead, it’ll require HSBC pay a fine of roughly $1.9 billion and improve its compliance measures. That’s the largest fine ever for such a case, but as The Guardian’s Nils Pratleynoted, it represents about four weeks’ worth of pre-tax profits for the banking behemoth, which made almost $22 billion last year.
HSBC allowed Mexican drug cartels to launder dirty money through the U.S. financial system, and worked with Saudi Arabian banks linked to terror groups. At times, the drug traffickers deposited hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, in a single day, into just one account—using boxes specifically designed to slide neatly under HSBC’s teller windows. And the bank ignored warnings from regulators to beef up its controls, a Senate report released in July found.
Outrageous HSBC Settlement Proves the Drug War is a Jokesnip
If you've ever been arrested on a drug charge, if you've ever spent even a day in jail for having a stem of marijuana in your pocket or "drug paraphernalia" in your gym bag, Assistant Attorney General and longtime Bill Clinton pal Lanny Breuer has a message for you: Bite me.
The moral to the story is that if you plan on carrying drugs or large amounts of money, first make yourself a business card that names you as something like "Transactions Executive, HSBC".
Funny no one here picked up on the name Guzman. Ahh...he is not a Mexican Catholic.
BTW - Meyer Lansky got his start running heroin from Mexico.
I guess he fell foul of the CIA , Bill Clinton, George Bush et al or maybe just even one of them.
Maybe not Obama as he would have droned him!
Banks must have needed their paper back.
If the drug group of El Chabo is smart enough, they will allow Jamie or Lloyd to finance a merger or acquisition with some rival group.
Should be convenient, as Jamie's posse calls him El Chubo.
Means absolutely nothing, he has probably already been replaced and the hordes of third worlders already in the US are the built in distribution work force for all these criminal drug and banking cartels.
http://newobserveronline.com/los-zetas-beheadings-the-awful-reality-of-what-awaits-european-america-when-the-mexican-invasion-is-complete-warning-graphic-content/
Precisely. Think of these gangsters as Dimon, Blankfein etc. Front men for a larger criminal money creation and distribution operation called the Fed.
well he will be flipping burgers in sing sing with Madoff.
that would be pretty entertaining actually. "hang out with the unabomber. check in with Raj Rajaratan.
Maybe they could all get some type of tatoo or something signifying a "new gang being formed" or something.
of course "who handles the money" is always a problem with these things.
Wells Fargo futures down3% on the news
"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."
Someone didn't pay their monthly's......Good job DEA sooooo proud that you caught someone you already worked with for around 15 years or so.
New Job Ad posting: "Master Cook with advanced degree in chemistry looking for new career opportunities. Contact: Chef.Heisenberg@CooksRUS.com"
Noe that's just Bad!
Heads will roll down in Mexicano. That LBMA endorsement of Republic Metals Corporation looks like a real inside blessing (for them). Like, officially endorse, just last week, by the LBMA, the gold refinery which specializes in laundering central and South American drug cartels. Ye, nice move! HSBC is pissing its pants in excitement.
Now if only we could capture the worlds most notorious money lords.....or at least audit it...........
"spark a wave of violence throughout northwestern Mexico "
If one keeps up with the uncensored Borderland Beat, violence has been and continues to be an epidemic in that region.
Will they bury his body at sea?
No that was too recent. They'll organise a Jack Ruby style execution instead.
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Is the wae on drugs over, or are CIA contractors still flying narcotics into military bases in Florida for distribution into American neighborhoods? Nice OPTICS guys. It makes you look like your actually doing something about the problem.
Where's Tosh Plumlee???
Same guy they caught 6 months ago who "escaped". Like groundhog day with watching the ol' El Chappo get cuffed and stuffed.
Upvote for your handle
Grab the dealer but never his banker. And so it goes....
HSBC gave up El Chapo.
why do you think they only received a fine?
the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist:
Mr. Guzmán was arrested with one other man, Mexican officials said. Some reports said that the authorities also found a woman in the apartment and photos of the room show two pink children’s suitcases on a bed, suggesting Mr. Guzmán was with his wife and twin 2-year-old daughters who were born in Los Angeles County. But American officials said they were surprised by what was not there: a cache of weapons. Not a single shot was fired.
Local residents cast doubt on the operation for that exact reason. “Everyone thinks it was a negotiated capture,” said one local business leader.
That it happened just a few days after President Obama visited Mexico, during a week when official figures showed the economy grew by only 1.1 percent, has only added to the skepticism. Even after photos and forensic tests, many here, young and old, don’t believe that the man with the mustache trotted out for the cameras on Saturday — and now confined to a high-security Mexican prison, officials said — is really the one they call Chapo.
“It’s a fantasy,” said Ofelia Aguilar, 52, walking through a shantytown called Santa Monica, still filling up with families who have been forced to flee the lawlessness of the Sinaloan countryside where Mr. Guzmán grew up. “It has to be someone else. I just don’t believe it.”
FUNNY...They just caught him 6 months ago. Then he "ESCAPED". Seems that any time they want a big payoff they bring in old " El Chappo" What a fucking joke!! He won't be in custody for more than a week.
the bankers who launder his money get a free pass. funny that.
That's ok. I'm sure he knows the Kerry/Forbes drug cartel is behind this and also knows that the globalists want the borders wide open.
America welcome you Sinaloa M'fers.
YeeeeeeHaaaaaa.
The World's most notorious druglord? I thought something had happened to John O Brennan for a second.
This deserves more upvotes than three...
How come Obobo did not just drone him?
Something like this happens every time God goes to Mexico for hookers n' Tequila.
Probably blabing about his CIA connections over a unsecure line, if so they will set him up for for another "escape" but this time he will be gunned down in a hail of bullets.
Or he will get all depressed, park his car along the roadway and fall down a steep embankemnt.
Wait............what?
There are unconfirmed reports that he was really captured in a branch of HSBC. He was spotted after complaining about the cash withdrawl limits that the bank had imposed on his business checking account.
(I wounder if their was discussion to invest in Wall St.?)
http://articles.latimes.com/1999/jun/27/news/mn-50699
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsAZ7voge2A (4:26)
ScarFace 'Tony Theme' Giorgio Moroder [Original Remastered]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN9Vj9fUUc4 (3:11)
Scarface Ending Soundtrack
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Time to short HSBC..
"I couldn't have gotten so stinking rich without George Bush, George Bush Jr., Ronald Reagan, even El Presidente Obama, none of them have the cajones to stand up to all the big money that wants to keep this stuff illegal. From the bottom of my heart, I want to say, Gracias amigos, I owe my whole empire to you." - Sincerely, Chapo
sleep with CIA dogs...gonna get fleas'ed
What?! Did they arrest George Bush Sr.?!
Throwing gas on fires is not the way to put them out.
What I'd really like is to go to the pharmacy on the corner and buy my dope. Instead I have no other choice than to give my cash to CIA connected murderous assholes. But I'll never stop chasing my last high.
Give it up or grow yer own. Too hard?
Get in there Barry and get him an ambassador's posting you fucking asshole.
<-------- He escapes again
<-------- He goes to trial
Plain dude with a nice well worn colt 1911...:-)
that can't be his gun, guns are illegal in Mexico
This is hilarious...the govnts (US & Mexico) created the cartels by making drugs illegal in the first place. The only way to stop the cartels is to remove their power....LEGALIZATION! Is the only answer.