MEXICO CITY -- Federal police arrested an alleged local leader for a drug cartel that purportedly offered to disband if the Mexican government proves it can protect citizens from other criminals in a western state, authorities said Tuesday.
Jose Alfredo Landa, 37, was in charge of La Familia operations in Morelia, the Michoacan state capital, said Ramon Pequeno, the federal police anti-narcotics chief.
Police surrounded a house outside Morelia on Monday and arrested Landa and three others, seizing an AK-47 and other weapons
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/30/AR2010113001827.html
Monday, December 6, 2010
DEA Aids Mexican Marines
MATAMOROS, MEXICO - The U.S. government is turning to elite units of Mexican marines to go after drug cartel bosses in aggressive "capture or kill" missions, providing intelligence and training to bolster what officials say is Mexico's most trustworthy and nimble force. The U.S. government has long been wary of corruption among Mexican police and frustrated by the slow response of the Mexican army. The decision to rely on the marines has enabled that force to carry out the kind of rapid-strike operations undertaken by U.S. forces against Taliban leaders Afghanistan.
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/03/AR2010120306820.html
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/03/AR2010120306820.html
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