Posts Tagged ‘Sinaloa cartel’
Mexico massive meth seizure = 15 tons
The historic seizure of 15 tons of pure methamphetamine in western Mexico, equal to half of all meth seizures worldwide in 2009, feeds growing speculation that the country could become a world platform for meth production, not just a supplier to the United States.
The sheer size of the bust announced late Wednesday in Jalisco state suggests involvement of the powerful Sinaloa cartel, a major international trafficker of cocaine and marijuana that has moved into meth production and manufacturing on an industrial scale…
Jalisco has long been considered the hub of the Sinaloa cartel’s meth production and trafficking. Meanwhile, meth use is growing in the United States, already the world’s biggest market for illicit drugs.
The haul could have supplied 13 million doses worth over $4 billion on U.S. streets.
The Sinaloa cartel, headed by Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, is equipped to produce and distribute drugs “for the global village,” said Antonio Mazzitelli, the regional representative of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime.
“Such large-scale production could suggest an expansion … into Latin American and Asian markets,” Mazzitelli said…
There were no people found on the ranch or arrests made…
Golly. There’s a surprise.
So, you check out this parked car and there’s $15 million in cash and 3 kilos of coke inside – WTF?
Daylife/Reuters Pictures used by permission
Soldiers in Mexico have seized $15.3 million in cash, believed to belong to the country’s most wanted drug lord, Joaquin “Shorty” Guzman.
The security forces said they found the money when they searched a car in a well-to do neighbourhood of Tijuana, on the US-Mexico border. They said the money was being taken to a safe house used by Shorty Guzman and his gang, the powerful Sinaloa cartel.
It is the second largest cash seizure since Felipe Calderon became president.
Defence Ministry spokesman Gen Ricardo Trevilla said the find was made during a “surprise operation” in the Cumbres de Juarez neighbourhood of Tijuana, in Baja California state.
He said the soldiers found $15.35m in cash, 3kg of cocaine, four weapons, and jewellery inside the car…
He did not say what led the troops to the cash. No arrests were made.
No arrests were made? No idea who the car belonged to? No search of nearby houses?
Are we to think the drogas drop a car full of cash and coke blocks away from easy access?
Swap info for access – the Feds will help you bring in your coke!
U.S. federal agents allegedly allowed the Sinaloa drug cartel to traffic several tons of cocaine into the United States in exchange for information about rival cartels, according to court documents filed in a U.S. federal court.
The allegations are part of the defense of Vicente Zambada-Niebla, who was extradited to the United States to face drug-trafficking charges in Chicago. He is also a top lieutenant of drug kingpin Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman and the son of Ismael “Mayo” Zambada-Garcia, believed to be the brains behind the Sinaloa cartel…Zambada-Niebla claims he was permitted to smuggle drugs from 2004 until his arrest in 2009…
According to the court documents, Mexican lawyer Humberto Loya-Castro, another high-level Sinaloa cartel leader, had his 1995 U.S. drug-trafficking case dismissed in 2008 after serving as an informant for 10 years for the U.S. government…
“Loya himself continued his drug trafficking activities with the knowledge of the United States government without being arrested or prosecuted,” the court documents state.
Just get the same sleazy lawyers that helped Ollie North get beyond his “Drugs for Guns” conviction. The courts will roll over. The DEA, the FBI and the rest will continue corrupt policies untouched.
