Mexico says drug leader 'El Taliban' captured

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Mexico says drug leader 'El Taliban' captured Sept 27, 2012 11:35:00 GMT -8

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Post by peterd on Sept 27, 2012 11:35:00 GMT -8

Ivan Velazquez, also known as "Z-50", was key leader of Zetas drug cartel, and had a reward of up to $2.3m on his head.

The Mexican navy has said it had captured one of the leaders of the Zetas drug cartel, a notoriously brutal gang reported to be breaking apart due to an internal feud.

The navy said on Wednesday it had caught the man it believed to be Zetas boss Ivan Velazquez in the central state of San Luis Potosi, in a boost to outgoing President Felipe Calderon's efforts to crack down on the violent cartels.

The Zetas have perpetrated some of the most sickening acts of Mexico's drug war and continued to expand even as rival gangs joined forces against them. They are now regarded as one of the two most powerful drug cartels in the country.

Velazquez is due to be paraded before the media on Thursday morning as is customary with such captures in Mexico.

www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/09/201292763211870475.html

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peterd Exalted One Posts: 9,025	Mexico says drug leader 'El Taliban' captured Sept 27, 2012 15:19:33 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by peterd on Sept 27, 2012 15:19:33 GMT -8 Mexico catches Zetas drug lord Ivan Velazquez Caballero www.foxnews.com/world/2012/09/27/mexico-catches-one-country-most-wanted-drug-traffickers-el-taliban/
	THE TRENCHES. It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives vaaliantly, who errs and comes up short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcomings, who

Sailor Exalted One Winners never quit, quitters never win. Posts: 6,246	Mexico says drug leader 'El Taliban' captured Oct 3, 2012 9:58:53 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Sailor on Oct 3, 2012 9:58:53 GMT -8 Well done gents.
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