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...key events in the war on drugs in Mexico, a major transit point for narcotics smuggled into the United States. 2001 - Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman escapes from a Mexican prison in a laundry van. Mexico's most-wanted drug lord, he builds a coalition of drug gangs...
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One of the most vicious wars on earth is taking place in Mexico and along the border of US and Mexico. One of Mexico's most notorious drug kingpins, Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, escaped a maximum security prison in 2001 by driving out in a laundry truck. . This year Forbes magazine included Joaquin Guzman, a Mexican drug lord, on its annual billionaires' list. . A drug cartel hood named "The Cook" reportedly dissolved the bodies of 300 victims in acid as part of the grisly work he committed for crime bosses....Soundtrack by Heavy Metal Vampires on Nuclear Waste.
10:22am UK, Monday July 19, 2010 Katie Cassidy and Rob Cole, Sky News Online Seventeen people have been killed by suspected drug hitmen after they stormed a private party in Mexico. The attackers burst into the celebration in the city of Torreon and opened fire at random, according to authorities. Five vehicles pulled up outside the walled garden on the outskirts of the city, smashed down the door and began shooting. "They shot everything that moved," one official said. Photos showed bloodstained floor tiles, overturned chairs and abandoned musical instruments by a beer tent. The prosecutor's office in Coahuila state said another 18 people were injured in the attack and taken to a Torreon hospital. Investigators found around 120 bullet casings at the property but said so far, they had no suspects or information on a possible motive. They shot everything that moved. An official on the shooting at a Mexico party that left 17 dead The massacre has been linked to Mexico's long-running drugs war, which has killed more than 26000 people. There has been increased violence across the country since President Felipe Calderon took office and began a crackdown on drug cartels in 2006. At the weekend, a gang detonated a car bomb in Ciudad Juarez, killing four people - the first bomb attack in the drugs war. Police blamed La Linea, the armed wing of the powerful Juarez cartel, for the explosion. Mexico's security ministry said it was retaliation for the arrest this week of a cartel ...
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... MEXICO CITY -- Mexican police have detained a woman said to be the wife of drug trafficker Joaquin “Shorty” Guzman, in the government's latest push to track down the country's most wanted man, Mexican media said on Thursday. Griselda Lopez and one of Guzman's...
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China Post
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...police have detained a woman said to be the wife of drug trafficker Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, in the government's latest push to track down the country's most wanted man, Mexican media said on Thursday. Griselda Lopez and one of Guzman's daughters were taken...
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The Post Chronicle
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Americas Most Wanted - With and estimated worth of $1 billion, Mexico's most wanted man Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman has made it onto the Forbes Magazine list of the world's richest people this year.
Latin American Herald TribuneMexican Troops Clash with Gunmen, Seize 19 Tons of MarijuanaLatin American Herald TribuneSinaloa, the birthplace of many of Mexico's drug lords, is currently the scene of a bloody turf war between Joaquin “El Chapo” (Shorty) Guzman and the ...
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Latin American Herald TribuneSeven Die in Drug-Related Violence in MexicoLatin American Herald Tribune... the leadership of the Beltran Leyva cartel, which arose as a splinter group of the powerful Sinaloa cartel led by Joaquin “El Chapo” (Shorty) Guzman. ...and more »
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ReutersJail fight in northern Mexico kills 23ReutersOnce quiet Durango, long a stronghold of Mexico's top smuggler Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, has become a battleground for rival cartels fighting over smuggling ...and more »
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...effort with Mexico, U.S. law enforcement officials say they are going straight for one of the top drug czars. Joaquin Guzman, also known as "El Chapo" or "Shorty," is the head of the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the strongest, largest and most dangerous of Mexico's...
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Severed Head Left at Tomb of Mexican Drug LordLatin American Herald TribuneBeltran Leyva, originally a top lieutenant of Sinaloa cartel chief Joaquin “El Chapo” (Shorty) Guzman, established his own drug-trafficking outfit after a ...and more »
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US, Mexico Could Be Close To Joaquin GuzmanKFOXtv.comJoaquin Guzman, also known as "El Chapo" or "Shorty," is the head of the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the strongest, largest and most dangerous of Mexico's drug ...
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ReutersFactbox: Mexico's top drug traffickersReutersHere are some facts on the top traffickers: * Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, the head of the powerful Sinaloa cartel, escaped from a top security prison in a ...US, Mexico hunt elusive 'El Chapo'Washington TimesSPECIAL REPORT-Cartel Inc: In the company of NarcosForex Prosall 46 news articles »
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the henchmen were killed, one as he jumped from a window, as well as one member of the navy's Special Forces. Beltran Leyva was a top kingpin of the Sinaloa Cartel, until he split after a betrayal by Mexico's most wanted trafficker Joaquin Guzmán AKA "Shorty" led to the arrest of his brother Alfredo Beltrán Leyva in January 2008. In recent months, he had carried out a wave of increasingly gruesome reprisals against rivals, leaving decapitated heads and mutilated corpses with notes left from " ...
Los Angeles TimesFACTBOX-Facts about Mexico's drug war in TijuanaReutersViolence broke out in the border city once popular with US tourists in 2005 when Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, Mexico's most wanted trafficker, sent his hitmen ...Mexican drug lord 'El Teo' capturedAljazeera.netMexican police capture one of country's most-wanted drug lordsTelegraph.co.ukMexico captures major Tijuana drug gang leaderCanada.comAFPall 821 news articles »
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Organised crime in Mexico Outsmarted by SinaloaEconomistYet across the country banners hanging from highway overpasses suggest he is in cahoots with Joaquín El Chapo (“Shorty”) Guzmán—the leader of the Sinaloa ...
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Killing Arturo BeltránNew Yorker (blog)When one of his brothers, Alfredo, was arrested in early 2008, Arturo accused Shorty Guzmán of having turned him in. Soon after, Guzmán's eldest son, Edgar, ...
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Los Angeles TimesMexico Captures Drug Lord Carlos Beltran LeyvaLatin American Herald Tribune... the leadership of the Beltran Leyva cartel, which arose as a splinter group of the powerful Sinaloa cartel led by Joaquin “El Chapo” (Shorty) Guzman. ...'Mexican druglord' Carlos Beltran Leyva capturedBBC Newsall 906 news articles »
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the henchmen were killed, one as he jumped from a window, as well as one member of the navy's Special Forces. Beltran Leyva was a top kingpin of the Sinaloa Cartel, until he split after a betrayal by Mexico's most wanted trafficker Joaquin Guzmán AKA "Shorty" led to the arrest of his brother Alfredo Beltrán Leyva in January 2008. In recent months, he had carried out a wave of increasingly gruesome reprisals against rivals, leaving decapitated heads and mutilated corpses with notes left from " ...
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...fight against powerful drug gangs falters. [ID:nN07211640] Here is a timeline of key events in Mexico's drug war. 2001 - Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman escapes from a Mexican prison in a laundry van. Mexico's most-wanted drug lord, he puts together a coalition...
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given to Jose Lamberto Verdugo Calderon, who is now dead, and responsibility was then passed on to Dimas Diaz for a possible assassination attack." Calderon's forces have captured some major traffickers. But Mexico's most-wanted man, Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman of the Sinaloa cartel, remain at large. Drug cartels have become a huge barrier to Mexico's development and a serious threat to national security. Escalating clashes between rival cartels and security forces have left more than 13000 ...
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...high-speed Internet. The daily Reforma said army officials suspected the well-equipped cabin was used by top fugitive Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, leader of the powerful Sinaloa cartel, or his associate Ismael Zambada, to oversee operations at the largest synthetic...
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...troops to Ciudad Juarez in March to try to end the war between the local Juarez cartel and Mexico's most-wanted man, Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, who leads a powerful group of traffickers from the Pacific state of Sinaloa. The attack on Meixueiro, a rare murder...
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Boston Globe
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...concern for investors and Washington, worried that violence is overwhelming the country. Since Mexico's most-wanted man Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman escaped from prison in 2001 and declared war on rival drug kingpins, the fight for supremacy has become so horrific...
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...drug violence in Mexico this year, a pace similar to that of 2008, when 6300 were killed. Led by Mexico's most wanted man, Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, smugglers from the Pacific state of Sinaloa are fighting a turf war with rivals. Guzman seeks to control Mexican...
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The Daily Telegraph
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members of a notorious crime gang were also shot dead. [Rodolfo Cruz, Federal Police Coordinator General]: "In the city of Durango, Durango (state) federal police and troops confronted a group of armed men who allegedly work for Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman." Up to 200 police surrounded a safe house after a tip-off. Two suspects have been arrested. They were later paraded before the media. Police also seized drugs and weapons during the raid. Durango state is part of Meixco's "Golden ...
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...gangs shot up a police station in a nearby town as violence flared in the state dominated by Mexico's top trafficker, Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman. Guzman's cartel, based in the neighboring coastal state of Sinaloa, is one of four powerful gangs whose battles...
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...feared for beheading victims, are pushing into the northwestern state of Durango in a new battle against arch-rival Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, Mexico's top drug fugitive. At least 235 people have died in drug violence in the mountainous state this year in a...
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...is a timeline of the key events in a drug war that has killed more than 15,000 people since 2005. 2001 - Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, escapes from a Mexican prison in a laundry van. Mexico's most-wanted drug lord, he puts together a coalition of drug gangs from...
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...6 (Reuters) - Mexico's attorney general vowed on Wednesday to catch the country's most wanted man, drug trafficker Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, who is responsible for some of the worst violence in a bitter narco war. Attorney-General Eduardo Medina Mora said...
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...authorities in Durango, some of whom have long been rumored to be lending support and protection to the fugitive Joaquin Guzman, alias El Chapo, or Shorty. The billionaire head of the powerful Sinaloa cartel has been on the lam since escaping from a high-security...
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...authorities in Durango, some of whom have long been rumored to be lending support and protection to the fugitive Joaquin Guzman, alias El Chapo, or Shorty. The billionaire head of the powerful Sinaloa cartel has been on the lam since escaping from a high-security...
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...Joaquin Guzman Loera, escaped from a maximum-security prison in 2001 and has not been recaptured. Known as "El Chapo," ("Shorty"), Guzman ranked 701st this year on Forbes magazine's list of the world's richest people. His fortune is estimated at around $1...
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NPR
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...States, and they have armies of hitmen under their commands. Four key kingpins stand out for their power and notoriety. (Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman Loera is seen in Almoloya, Mexico's high security jail in this June 10, 2000 photo. Reuters) Bio: Hunted from city...
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Global Post
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http://www.instablogs.com/ Mexico drug war: leader of gulf cartel zetas arrested President Felipe Calderon said soldiers seized Sigifredo Najera, a leader of the ruthless Gulf cartel Zetas, in the northern city of Saltillo, Coahuila. Calderon stated in a speech from Mexico City, "Najera is directly responsible for the torture and killing of the Mexican Army soldiers, the attacks on the US consulate and the Televisa (TV broadcaster) in Monterrey," In another boost for Calderon, Mexico ...
http://www.instablogs.com/ AICC allies with Pro-LTTE parties in Tamil Nadu for the upcoming elections AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhis decision to pull an alliance with the pro LTTE parties in Tamil Nadu shows the level to which Indias great political game can stoop down during election time. Rahul Gandhi has definitely come off age and begun to understand political compulsions which entail such tactical decision making, for eg side stepping the fact that LTTE murdered his father and ex ...
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...Magazine just named one of Mexico’s most notorious drug cartel leaders, Joaquin “Shorty” Guzman, as one of the world’s richest people. He’s worth an estimated $1 billion, ranking him as the 701st wealthiest person on Earth. As a retired federal officer with...
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Houston Chronicle
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Joaquin Guzman Loera..El Chapo Guzman Puro Sinaloa Parientes..Siempre Al 100. La Revista Forbes..Pone Al Chapo Guzman..EnTre Los Mas Ricos Del Mundo,Con Mas De..1000 Millones De Dolares En Su Poder. Net Worth:$1.0 bil Fortune:self made Source:Drug Trafficking Age:54 Country Of Citizenship:Mexico Residence:Sinaloa State Industry:Shipping Education:NA, Marital Status:NA, Mexico's most wanted man, "El Chapo", or Shorty, heads the Sinaloa cartel, one of the biggest suppliers of Cocaine to the US ...
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...rewards are for information leading to the capture of the 24 most-wanted, including Joaquin 'Shorty' Guzman and Ismael Zambada, leaders of the so-called Sinaloa cartel. Reporting from Mexico City -- Nab a drug lord, earn $2 million. That's how much Mexican...
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Mexico's most wanted man, Joaquín Guzmán Loera, is one of 38 new billionaires. For eight years Joaquín Guzmán Loera reportedly managed his international drug smuggling operation from behind bars while enjoying a lavish prison life with access to booze, women and a home entertainment system. Then in January 2001, facing extradition to the US, Guzmán slipped into a laundry cart and escaped. Since then "El Chapo," or Shorty, as he is called, has tightened his grip on Mexico's drug trade as head ...
Roberto Tapia..El Hijo De La Tuna..Badiraguato Joaquin Guzman Loera..El Chapo Guzman Puro Sinaloa Parientes..Siempre Al 100. La Revista Forbes..Pone Al Chapo Guzman..EnTre Los Mas Ricos Del Mundo,Con Mas De..1000 Millones De Dolares En Su Poder. Net Worth:$1.0 bil Fortune:self made Source:Drug Trafficking Age:54 Country Of Citizenship:Mexico Residence:Sinaloa State Industry:Shipping Education:NA, Marital Status:NA, Mexico's most wanted man, "El Chapo", or Shorty, heads the Sinaloa cartel ...
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...Here are pictures of Joaquin Guzman Loera, Shorty or El Chapo! Sinaloa cartel’s alleged drug lord Joaquin Guzman Loera tops Forbes Rich List 2009 as broke moments ago on LALATE. El Chapo is reported as 5′, extremely good looking, filthy rich, and his occupation...
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...in a drugs war on Mexico's U.S. border that is shaking President Felipe Calderon's government and worrying Washington. Joaquin Guzman, known as "Shorty" at just 5 feet tall (1.55 meters), is Mexico's most wanted man and set off a wave of killings in the border...
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http://www.instablogs.com/ Mexico sends troops to fight drug cartels in Ciudad Juarez Mexico is sending up to 5000 new troops and federal police to the country's most violent city, where law and order is on the brink of collapse in a brutal war between drug gangs aided by corrupt police. Mexico's most-wanted fugitive, Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, who leads a cartel from the Pacific state of Sinaloa, wants control of Ciudad Juarez, currently in the hands of local drug lord Vicente Carrillo ...
http://www.instablogs.com/ Mexico sends troops to fight drug cartels in Ciudad Juarez Mexico is sending up to 5000 new troops and federal police to the country's most violent city, where law and order is on the brink of collapse in a brutal war between drug gangs aided by corrupt police. Mexico's most-wanted fugitive, Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, who leads a cartel from the Pacific state of Sinaloa, wants control of Ciudad Juarez, currently in the hands of local drug lord Vicente Carrillo ...
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...and a surge in kidnappings and extortion. Mexico's army and drug trade analysts say the country's most-wanted man, Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, has declared war on Chihuahua's drug baron Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, and the Gulf cartel based around the Gulf of Mexico...
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Boston Globe
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...rights abuses against the Mayan population during the country's 1960-96 civil war. Mexico's most-wanted drug lord Joaquin “Shorty” Guzman is rumored to count safe houses in Guatemala among his hide-outs since escaping from jail in 2001. In December, a shootout...
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China Post
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/international/americas/2009/02/05/194730/Guatemala%2Dstraining.htm
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...human rights abuses against the Mayan population during the country's 1960-96 civil war. Mexico's most-wanted drug lord Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman is rumored to count safe houses in Guatemala among his hide-outs since escaping from jail in 2001. In December,...
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Reuters Alert Net
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...say he was working for Tijuana's Arellano Felix drug cartel that is battling Mexico's most-wanted man, Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, for control of the city's smuggling routes into California. "I had been doing it for about five months, it was easy money," he told...
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May 20 (Reuters) - Here are some key facts about Mexico's most wanted man, Joaquin "Chapo" Guzman, the feared leader of the Sinaloa cartel which produces and transports drugs across the border into the United States.
* The U.S. Drug Enforcement
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