The Cartel
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Originally published | June 23, 2015 |
Authors | Don Winslow |
Preceded by | The Power of the Dog |
Followed by | The Border |
Genres | Novel |
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ID | 2382100 |
About The Cartel
"From the internationally bestselling author of the acclaimed novel The Power of the Dogcomes The Cartel, a gripping true-to-life epic, ripped from the headlines, of power, corruption, revenge and justice spanning the past decade of the Mexican American drug wars. It s 2004. . . .
Ovidio Guzmán-López: El Chapo's son extradited to the US
... " This action is the most recent step in the Justice Department s effort to attack every aspect of The Cartel s operations, " US Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement regarding the extradition...
Emma Coronel: El Chapo Guzmán's wife released from prison
... The Cartel s hitmen kidnapped, tortured and killed members of rival gangs to consolidate its power...
El Chapo sons among Sinaloa cartel members charged by US
... Joaquín " El Chapo" Guzmán, the former Sinaloa cartel leader, His three sons charged - Ovidio Guzmán López, Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar and Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Sálazar - are known as the Chapitos, or little Chapos, are known as the more violent faction of The Cartel...
Mexico kidnapping: A twisted moral code explains cartel's apology
... So why would The Cartel apologise for the incident and hand over its own gunmen to the police? A letter left with The Cartel gunmen, who had been trussed up and left on the roadside, accused them of acting " under their own decision-making and lack of discipline" as well as supposedly breaking cartel rules over " protecting the lives of the innocent"...
Mexico cartel turns in own men over US kidnappings
... The letter also accuses the men of breaking The Cartel s rules over " protecting the lives of the innocent"...
Operation Desert Light: Europol take down massive cocaine 'super cartel'
... Operation Desert Light saw authorities in Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) work together to bring down The Cartel, Those arrested included six " high-value targets" - those most wanted by international police...
Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela: Colombian 'Chess Player' drug lord dies in US prison
... Within a year of his arrest, some six of The Cartel s seven leaders were either dead or behind bars...
Oil-producing nations stick to their plan despite Ukraine
... Energy experts believe that from The Cartel s point of view little has changed yet in terms of physical supply on the market...
Mexico cartel turns in own men over US kidnappings
By Will GrantBBC Mexico correspondent
Reports from The Mexican border city of Matamoros say a splinter group of the Gulf Cartel , called The Scorpions Group, has apologised for kidnapping four US citizens last week, killing two of them, and has turned over The Men it says are responsible.
On their Front Pages , many of Mexico's newspapers published a photograph that appears to show five men lying Face Down on the ground, their hands tied, and their T-shirts pulled up above their heads. It was apparently taken as police arrived on The Scene .
A letter from The Scorpions Group was allegedly left with The Men which apologised to The People of Matamoros, to the US victims and their families, and to a Mexican woman killed last week when The Gang fired on a white minivan The Americans were travelling in.
The Associated Press says it has obtained a copy of The Letter from a law enforcement official in The State of Tamaulipas.
" We have decided to turn over those who were directly involved and responsible for the events" The Letter reads, saying The Five had " acted under their own decision-making and lack of discipline". The Letter also accuses The Men of breaking The Cartel 's rules over " protecting the lives of the innocent".
Meanwhile, a health clinic in Matamoros where The Cartel members allegedly took the injured US citizens for treatment has been cordoned off by police. Reports suggest The Four Americans were taken there by The Gang But the two with the worst injuries - Shaeed Woodard and Zindell Brown - died soon after.
The latest developments come as some doubts have been cast in Mexico on The Initial version of events. The Group were said to have travelled to Matamoros for one of them, Latavia McGee, to undergo a cosmetic Medical Procedure at a clinic in The City . Her three friends were said to have accompanied her to The Appointment .
However, the Reuters news agency has reported that three of The Four Americans had convictions for mainly minor drug-related offences - But one was charged with manufacturing banned narcotics with the intent to distribute.
Reuters says it's seen an internal law enforcement document which shows The Mexican authorities are investigating the possibility The Four Americans were kidnapped having been mistaken for rival cartel members encroaching on their turf.
The question over The Americans ' backstory comes as the political temperature over The Incident in Matamoros continues to rise. In the United States , several Republican politicians, among them the Senator for South Carolina , Lindsey Graham , have called for the use of US military force against Mexico's drug cartels.
Specifically, he's proposing a plan to designate Mexican drug cartels as " Foreign Terrorist Organisations" in order to, as he put it, " unleash The Fury and might of the United States against (them)".
That rhetoric prompted a furious response in Mexico from President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador Who Said " Mexico was not a protectorate or A Colony of the United States ". His sentiments were echoed by the Foreign Minister , Marcelo Ebrard , who called Senator Graham's proposal for military intervention " unacceptable".
Amid the tense relations, the US Homeland Security Advisor, Liz Sherwood-Randall, is in Mexico for a meeting with President Lopez Obrador to discuss the worsening crisis over fentanyl and synthetic opioids in the US.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com