“Benjamin Arellano Felix, the man accused of running Mexico’s most ruthless drug cartel, said the United States has already lost the ‘war on drugs’ and that violent trafficking gangs will thrive as long as Americans keep buying marijuana, heroin and cocaine. His brother, Ramon Arellano Felix, the top enforcer of the Tijuana Cartel, left a trail of hundreds of mutilated corpses.”
Almoloya de Juarez Federal Prison
From an interview by Kevin Sullivan and Mary Jordan
The Washington Post
LOSING THE BATTLE
A sharp spike in drug-related violence has some analysts worrying about the ‘Colombianization’ of Mexico.
Newsweek – July 11, 2005
U.S. AUTHORITIES FIND DRUG TUNNEL
“Officials from the U.S. Border Patrol and the DEA told reporters in Tijuana on Friday that the tunnel connects a car park on the Mexican side belonging to that country’s ‘Immigration and Custom Services,’ and a privately-owned parking lot on the U.S. side.”
The Miami Herald-International Edition, April 6, 2003
POLICE NAB JUAREZ DRUG CARTEL’S TOP KILLERS
“El Chaky” tortured and killed his opponents, says general. “He submerged his opponents in water and tortured them with electric shocks, wrapped them in barbed wire, and then left them in barrels to die.”
The Miami Herald – International Edition, April 5, 2003