"El Chapo" Guzman finally arrested

[Buzzard]

A serious blow to the Mexican Sinaloa cartel. Should be interesting to see how this plays out now.

"Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the boss of one of Mexico's most powerful drug trafficking operations, was arrested in Mexico, a U.S. official told CNN Saturday."

http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/22/world/...html?hpt=hp_t2

[JonDuke]

Where one leader falls, two more will pop up. Good catch I guess but it won't impact much as far as violence or distribution goes. I'd watch for a power struggle within and outside that cartel to see who takes the reigns.

[burn_this_city]

Good run for a guy that escaped prison in a laundry hamper.

[Buzzard]

Originally Posted by JonDuke

Where one leader falls, two more will pop up. Good catch I guess but it won't impact much as far as violence or distribution goes. I'd watch for a power struggle within and outside that cartel to see who takes the reigns.

Perhaps, but it takes years to develop the power and control of this dude.

Unless he's thrown into a Mexican prison where business goes on as usual, this is a serious setback.

[calgarywinning]

It's the demand that drives the trade which causes the void to be continually filled. I guess if you get a nasty guy at the top of the chain it can get really bad, just like a country president, etc.

[Northendzone]

Like any good organization they likely have a good succession plan

[CaptainCrunch]

Take him out back and put a bullet in his head.

[Azure]

Apparently they almost caught the apparent 2nd in command too.

Mexico is really turning up the heat lately on the drug cartels.

[JonDuke]

This was him when captured:

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Azure

Apparently they almost caught the apparent 2nd in command too.

Mexico is really turning up the heat lately on the drug cartels.

Its a major up hill battle.

I would assume there is going to be some major retaliation soon.

Someone might wake up to find his wife or kids nailed to the front door.

[calgarywinning]

Because all the parties are complicit in the game of playing who is the villain and they all are?

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by calgarywinning

Because all the parties are complicit in the game of playing who is the villain and they all are?

Not sure what your getting at. But the Cartels have been relatively safe because they bought everyone off, judges cops soldiers and politicians.

If this is a shift, then the Cartel will move onto fear tactics again.

[Huntingwhale]

If they don't give him the death penalty, hopefully this psychopath spends the rest of his life in solitude and is haunted by the ghosts of the thousands of victims he played a role in creating.

[Ahuch]

Originally Posted by JonDuke

This was him when captured:

If I ever become an international cartel leader, you can be sure as hell I won't be wearing a tucked in dress shirt.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Huntingwhale

If they don't give him the death penalty, hopefully this psychopath spends the rest of his life in solitude and is haunted by the ghosts of the thousands of victims he played a role in creating.

They should have given him a free flying lesson.

[Northendzone]

Originally Posted by JonDuke

This was him when captured:

We're these not the same cops that arrested that guy for beating that calgary woman in cancan? If not the same cops, they are dressed the same......

[T@T]

Originally Posted by Huntingwhale

If they don't give him the death penalty, hopefully this psychopath spends the rest of his life in solitude and is haunted by the ghosts of the thousands of victims he played a role in creating.

Mexico doesn't have capital punishment and as long as they keep paying prison guards about $20.00 a day it wont be long before he "escapes" again.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by Northendzone

We're these not the same cops that arrested that guy for beating that calgary woman in cancan? If not the same cops, they are dressed the same......

The police forces protect their identities so their families aren't killed.

[Azure]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Its a major up hill battle.

I would assume there is going to be some major retaliation soon.

Someone might wake up to find his wife or kids nailed to the front door.

Could be the guy whose face is being shown in the picture above.

[CaptainCrunch]

That guy looks like a steely eyed killer.