By Olivier Acuña MEXICO CITY (Mexico Tribune).- I have to say I actually enjoy reading the different “experts” on drug trafficking that say things without even having ever been in Sinaloa. One thing is to be a researcher and even an expert on mafia and organized crime, and a whole different thing is having lived…
By Olivier Acuña MEXICO CITY (Mexico Tribune).- The secret meeting called by Rafael Caro Quintero to celebrate his freedom was attended by Mexico’s most powerful drug lords and in that meeting he reportedly told his colleagues hi was still in business. Apparently not everybody was happy to hear it, although they knew this was true…
By Olivier Acuña MEXICO CITY (Mexico Tribune).- It is now clear that Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman fears going to the United States to face justice there or does it? It seems odd that high-paid lawyers would know better than to file an injunction against his extradition it the U.S. has not yet filed a formal request.…
MEXICO CITY (Mexico Tribune).- At least four northern Mexican states have heightened security and are on alert since Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman’s arrest February 22 because they fear violent cartel Los Zetas will make a comeback. Authorities from Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Zacatecas feel that with Chapo out of the way the Los Zetas will…
Part 1 / By Olivier Acuña MEXICO CITY (Mexico Tribune).- Not long after one of Mexico’s most powerful and legendary drug lords Rafael Caro Quintero was inadvertently and maybe even inexplicably released from jailed to the surprise and dismay of the United States government he called on his colleagues for a secret meeting. The meeting…
Number one producer of methamphetamines Almost half of the heroin in the U.S. is produced in Mexico It is also responsible for more Ecstasy than previously believed Exporter of a new powerful hallucinogenic herb called Salvia divinorum MEXICO CITY (Mexico Tribune).- Mexico continues to be the main route of drugs into the United States, despite…
MEXICO CITY (Mexico Tribune).- It is alarming, but no surprising, the two facts that have been published in different news reports this last few days as Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman is indicted on six counts of criminal activity, organized crime, money laundering, drug trafficking and other crimes. The first is the fact that according to a…
The Opinion of Mexico Tribune For those who live in Sinaloa and especially in Culiacan there are certainly many questions that need to be answered in regards to the arrest of Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman, but for most Mexicans it is obvious that drug traffickers are protected by the all levels of Government in Mexico. Many…
By Olivier Acuña MEXICO CITY (Mexico Tribune).- Many years ago I was working on a story about drugtraficking that I was to sell to Associated Press per agreement with then Mexico Bureau Chief Nico Price and one day found out that Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman had held a competition with his friend and associate Ismael…
By Olivier Acuña MEXICO CITY (Mexico Tribune).- When reality surpasses fiction it really makes you wonder. This is the case of the arrest February 22, 2014 of the most powerful and most wanted criminal in the world, Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman, the Mexican drugtrafficker that was listed by Forbes to have a fortune well over one…
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