Mexico Arrests La Familia Leader

[WhiteTara]

Source: VOANews.com

Mexican President Felipe Calderon says police have arrested the leader of a powerful drug cartel, dealing a major blow to organized crime.

Calderon congratulated police for the arrest of one of Mexico's "most wanted criminals" on his personal twitter account Tuesday.

A government spokesman identified the gang leader as Jose de Jesus Mendez Vargas, also known as El Chango, or "The Monkey." He said Mendez had been apprehended without violence in the central state of Aguascalientes.

The spokesman told reporters Mendez' arrest destroyed the last remnants of the La Familia drug cartel's command structure.

Read more: http://www.voanews.com/english/news/americas/Mexico-Arrests-La-Familia-Leader-124341104.html

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I wonder how long it will take to create a new one.

[AngryAmish]

1. I'm sure this will end well

[a la izquierda]

2. About as long as it took the Mob..

to create new command structures. Not long.

[a la izquierda]

3. delete dupe

[Webster Green]

4. Whack-A-Mole

Legalize it!

[-..__...]

5. His cohorts/underlings...

will either break him out, take hostages, or threaten to kill xxx of police/soldiers/judges if he's not released.

[bemildred]

6. La Familia underling (after short dispute) steps eagerly into his place. nt

[RaleighNCDUer]

7. Probably the one who informed on him in the first place. nt

[bemildred]

8. For a small fee ... nt