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Nobody outside the cartel leadership knows the extent of its power or business, but estimates are that Sinaloa handles 25 to 45 percent of all drugs entering the United States, with revenues around $3 billion a year. Last year, Forbes named Guzman the world's 67th most powerful person, between U.S. Speaker of the House John Boehner and New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson.
Sinaloa is believed to operate with an extended network of officials and lookouts on the payroll, especially in the western Mexico state for which the cartel is named. Both a state and federal police chief have been arrested for alleged ties to Sinaloa or its allies, only to later be released. When the Mexican marines mounted their offensive on Saturday, it was without alerting any local law enforcement.
'Local and state authorities are in the service of the Sinaloa cartel,' Valdez said.
Even though the long-term fate of Sinaloa is unclear, everyone agrees on the bottom line: The drugs will still continue to flow, even with the takedown of other Mexican cartels.
'In drug trafficking, as long as there is demand, there will be a supply,' Valdes said. 'It's like energy. You can't create or destroy it. It only transforms.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2566982/Mexico-capos-arrest-unlikely-slow-cartel.html
The next El Capo: Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada believed to have taken over notorious Sinaloa drug cartel after arrest of former boss
Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada, 66, grew up with former Sinaloa boss Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman
He has been quoted in the past as saying they talked often
Zambada has long been considered the brains of the Sinaloa cartel, Guzman was viewed as the muscle
By ASSOCIATED PRESS and RYAN GORMAN
Daily Mail (UK)
PUBLISHED: 19:14 EST, 24 February 2014 | UPDATED: 00:01 EST, 3 March 2014
Sinaloa is believed to operate with an extended network of officials and lookouts on the payroll, especially in the western Mexico state for which the cartel is named. Both a state and federal police chief have been arrested for alleged ties to Sinaloa or its allies, only to later be released. When the Mexican marines mounted their offensive on Saturday, it was without alerting any local law enforcement.
'Local and state authorities are in the service of the Sinaloa cartel,' Valdez said.
Even though the long-term fate of Sinaloa is unclear, everyone agrees on the bottom line: The drugs will still continue to flow, even with the takedown of other Mexican cartels.
'In drug trafficking, as long as there is demand, there will be a supply,' Valdes said. 'It's like energy. You can't create or destroy it. It only transforms.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2566982/Mexico-capos-arrest-unlikely-slow-cartel.html
The next El Capo: Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada believed to have taken over notorious Sinaloa drug cartel after arrest of former boss
Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada, 66, grew up with former Sinaloa boss Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman
He has been quoted in the past as saying they talked often
Zambada has long been considered the brains of the Sinaloa cartel, Guzman was viewed as the muscle
By ASSOCIATED PRESS and RYAN GORMAN
Daily Mail (UK)
PUBLISHED: 19:14 EST, 24 February 2014 | UPDATED: 00:01 EST, 3 March 2014
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