AZMEX UPDATE 14 FEB 2013
Note: Chicago and Mexico do have much in common, especially the
culture of corruption. Denial of human rights to citizens, etc.
"Who is Al Capone?" Question of couple folks from Sinaloa today.
As for the rest of the story, received with a bit of amusement.
Chicago's Public Enemy No. 1: Mexican drug kingpin Guzman
AP/File
Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has been named Public Enemy No. 1 by a
crime commission in Chicago. The Mexican drug kingpin who heads the
Sinaloa cartel and is shown in the 1993 file photo is only the second
person to hold the title. Mobster Al Capone, shown in this 1931
photo, was previously the sole titleholder.
2 hours ago • Associated Press
http://azstarnet.com/news/national/chicago-s-public-enemy-no-mexican-
drug-kingpin-guzman/article_0c39223a-76e5-11e2-967d-001a4bcf887a.html
CHICAGO — A drug kingpin in Mexico who has never set foot in Chicago
has been named the city's new Public Enemy No. 1 — the same notorious
label assigned to Al Capone at the height of the Prohibition-era gang
wars.
The Chicago Crime Commission considers Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman even
more menacing than Capone because he's the leader of the Sinaloa
cartel, which supplies most of the narcotics sold in the city.
"What Al Capone was to beer and whiskey during Prohibition, Guzman is
to narcotics," said Art Bilek, the commission's executive vice
president. "Of the two, Guzman is by far the greater threat. ... And
he has more power and financial capability than Capone ever dreamed of."
The commission — a non-government body that tracks city crime trends —
designated Capone Public Enemy No. 1 in 1930. It has declared other
outlaws public enemies, but Capone was the only one deemed No. 1.
Until now.
Guzman is thought to be holed up in a mountain hideaway in western
Mexico, but he ought to be treated as a local Chicago crime boss for
the havoc his cartel creates in the nation's third-largest city, said
Jack Riley, of the Drug Enforcement Administration, which joined the
commission in affixing the title to Guzman.
The point of singling out Guzman was to inspire more public support
for going after him, Bilek said.
"Ninety-nine percent of the people in the United States have never
heard of this man," he said. "Concerted action ... must be taken now
against Guzman before he establishes a bigger network and a bigger
empire in the United States."
Capone based his bootlegging and other criminal enterprises in
Chicago during Prohibition, when it was illegal to make or sell
alcohol in the U.S. He eventually went to prison for income tax
evasion, but he gained the greatest notoriety for the 1929 St.
Valentine's Day Massacre that left seven rivals dead.
Yet Riley says Guzman — whose nickname means "shorty" in Spanish — is
more ruthless than Capone, whose nickname was "Scarface."
"If I was to put those two guys in a ring, El Chapo would eat that
guy (Capone) alive," Riley told The Associated Press in a recent
interview at his office, pointing at pictures of the men.
Riley described Chicago as one of Sinaloa's most important cities,
not only as a final destination for drugs but as a hub to distribute
them across the U.S.
"This is where Guzman turns his drugs into money," he said.
Mexican cartels that ship drugs to Chicago are rarely directly linked
to slayings. But Bilek said Thursday that cartel-led trafficking is
an underlying cause of territorial battles between street gangs that
are blamed for rising homicide rates.
"He virtually has his fingerprints on the guns that are killing the
children of this city," Bilek told a news conference.
Guzman, who has been on the run since escaping from a Mexican prison
in a laundry cart in 2001, is one of the world's most dangerous and
most wanted fugitives. He's also one of the richest: Forbes magazine
has estimated his fortune at $1 billion.
Now in his mid-50s, Guzman has been indicted on federal trafficking
charges in Chicago and, if he is ever captured alive, U.S. officials
want him extradited here to face trial. The U.S. government has
offered a $5 million reward for his capture.
"His time is coming," Riley said. "I can't wait for that day."
It was only a coincidence, Bilek said Thursday, that the announcement
naming Guzman Public Enemy No. 1 came on the anniversary of the St.
Valentine's Day Massacre, which raised public pressure to capture
Capone.
Within two years of being designated Public Enemy No. 1 in 1930,
Capone had been captured, convicted and imprisoned.
With the same label now attached to Guzman, Bilek said, "we hope the
same thing will happen to him."
Ejército mexicano y guatemalteco patrullan frontera sur en combate al
crimen organizado
El Ejército Mexicano y el de Guatemala, iniciaron operativos en la
línea fronteriza de ambas naciones, con el fin de inhibir al crimen
organizado, que utiliza los "puntos ciegos"
Gaspar Romero/Corresponsal
14/02/2013 17:40
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/2013/02/14/884365
SUCHIATE, 14 de febrero.- El Ejército Mexicano y el de Guatemala,
iniciaron operativos en la línea fronteriza de ambas naciones, con
el fin de inhibir al crimen organizado, que utiliza los "puntos
ciegos" para el tras ciego de armas, drogas, indocumentados,
mercadería, gasolina, entre otros, esto lo dio a conocer, el Coronel
Bayron Quiñones, comandante de las Fuerza de tarea de occidente del
Departamento de San Marcos Guatemala.
A su vez, el procurador General de Justicia del estado, Raciel
López Salazar, informó que en acuerdo con el FBI, con sede en
Guatemala y el Salvador, se dará un intercambio de información, entre
ellas la de una base de datos de huellas dactilares y fichas técnicas
de los integrantes de pandillas detenidos y procesados en Chiapas.
Lo anterior, con la finalidad de descartar que cuenten con algún
mandamiento judicial vigente en países de Centroamérica. Además,
señalaron la prioridad de llevar a cabo el rastro de armas de fuego
que han sido aseguradas en la entidad para conocer su verdadero
origen y destino.
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Incautan 401 kilos de mariguana en camión de carga
Publicada: 14/02/2013 12:16 Por: Redacción ElImparcial
http://www.elimparcial.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Policiaca/
14022013/670503.aspx
HERMOSILLO, Sonora(PH) Elementos de la Policía Federal Ministerial
aseguraron un cargamento de poco más de 400 kilos de mariguana cuando
era transportada en un camión de carga sobre la carretera Caborca-
Sonoyta.
Agentes de la corporación, en compañía del Ministerio Público de la
Federación, también lograron la detención de Raúl Eduardo "N", de 44
años de edad.
Esta persona fue sorprendida cuando conducía un vehículo con placas
de circulación 647-AM-3 del Servicio Público Federal, con caja seca
para mudanzas, con la leyenda "Muebles y mudanzas Francisco M2".
Al realizar una revisión en el citado vehículo se encontró en un
compartimiento 26 paquetes confeccionados en plástico color canela,
conteniendo un vegetal verde y seco identificado químicamente como
mariguana, con un peso bruto en conjunto de 401 kilogramos.
Por estos hechos se inició la averiguación previa AP/PGR/SON/CAB/
048/2013, por la comisión del delito de contra la salud.
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