Mexico arrests cartel leader in Monterrey

May 192009
 
 19/05/2009  Posted by PMC at 02:07 on 19/05/2009 Comments Off
Mexico arrests cartel leader in Monterrey

Mexican soldiers arrested 13 alleged drug cartel members, including one man who had just arrived on a private plane to take over trafficking operations in the northern city of Monterrey, the Defense Department said. Acting on a tip, soldiers arrested Rodolfo Lopez and several others Monday after they landed at Monterrey’s international airport, the department said in a statement. Several armed men were arrested in the parking lot, where they were waiting to pick Lopez up, it added. The department said Lopez had been chosen to take over trafficking operations for the cartel in the industrial city from Hector Huerta, ….Read More

Reynosa Police Chief arrested by Federal Authorities

Apr 182008
 
 18/04/2008  Posted by PMC at 06:27 on 18/04/2008 Comments Off

MONTERREY, Mexico — The chief of police of Reynosa, the city across the Rio Grande from McAllen and Hidalgo, was detained by federal police Thursday, according to Mexican media reports and officials.Statements issued by Reynosa’s city hall said Juan José Muñiz Salinas was detained at 1:20 p.m. by federal police officers. City officials said the arresting officers presumably had a warrant requiring Muñiz to appear before federal authorities, but said they did not know about any charges against him. Mexican news media reported Muñiz was arrested on suspicion of collaborating with the Gulf Cartel, the regionally dominant narcotics smuggling organization. ….Read More

Cartel kingpin gets life sentence – Arellano Félix asks forgiveness

Nov 072007
 
 07/11/2007  Posted by PMC at 22:09 on 07/11/2007 Comments Off

Wearing an orange jumpsuit and with his ankles chained together, one of the world’s most feared drug kingpins was led off to prison yesterday after a judge sentenced him to life for his role in the global drug trade. “I would like to ask forgiveness from all those people on both sides of the border whom I have affected by my wrongful decisions and criminal conduct,” Francisco Javier Arellano Félix said in a letter read in court by a lawyer. “Please forgive me,” he said. “If I had the power to change and undo the things that I have done, ….Read More

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