http://www.stratfor.com/node/150810/analysis/20091217_mexico_cartel_leaders_death_and_violence_ahead?fn=9116829441>,
in that the Mexican army rapidly acquired tactical control of the situation
due to lack of resources on the part of Coronel. Coronel had been known for
not travelling with an entourage of bodyguards, instead seeking to avoid
attention by blending into the Guadalajara metro area.
He had been a dominant force on the Mexican drug trafficking scene since the
late 1980s, having begun his trafficking career working for Amado Carrillo
Fuentes and the Juarez cartel. After the death of Carrillo Fuentes in 1997,
El Nacho joined the Sinaloa Federation in the early 2000s. He worked under
Sinaloa leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera and Sinaloa No. 2, Ismael “El
Mayo” Zambada Garcia. El Nacho controlled drug trafficking operations for
the Sinaloa Federation along the Pacific coast of Mexico from Acapulco,
Guerrero state, to Jalisco and Colima states. In addition to his logistical
control of the region for the Sinaloa Federation, Coronel also headed the
organization’s production and trafficking of massive quantities of
methamphetamine (aka meth, cristal or ice due to its clear, crystal-like
appearance), which led to his other nickname, the “King of Ice.”
His leadership in the Sinaloa Federation and some 20-plus years navigating
the Latin American drug underworld will be extremely difficult to replicate,
something compounded by the arrest of his top lieutenant, Quinones. The
hierarchal structure of the Sinaloa Federation means someone will be
appointed to take his place in the organization, likely someone within El
Nacho’s trafficking organization familiar with local and regional contacts
as well as the organization’s operations — not someone from the broader
Sinaloa Federation.
El Nacho’s death, a significant victory for the Mexican government, comes at
a time of intensified domestic criticism of the country’s strategy in the
war against the cartels — even from former Cabinet ministers — and at a time
when violence has reached all-time highs. The glow, however, is likely to be
short-lived. As the Sinaloa Federation scrambles to regroup, other
organizations will undoubtedly seek to challenge its dominance in the
region, such as the Beltran Leyva Organization and Los Zetas. This could
well lead to another spike in violence in an already violent region of the
country.
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roger w
From Proverbs:
Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: a
servant who becomes king ...
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