Mexican authorities may be closing in on the leader of the
Sinaloa Cartel: on December 23rd they captured Felipe Cabrera
Sarabia, also known as “The Engineer”, a top lieutenant to Joaquin Guzman, alias
"El Chapo", the most wanted man in Mexico.
Cabrera was arrested by special forces in the city of
Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa state. Chief Army spokesman General Ricardo
Trevilla told a press conference held on Monday, December 26th, that
the capture will “affect the structure and leadership of the Sinaloa
cartel.”
This is good news for the government, as they have been
criticized for having limited success against the Sinaloa Cartel. Many have
even suggested that the Calderon administration wanted that Sinaloa Cartel to “win”
the drug war so that it could operate without rivals and bring a modicum of
peace to the violence-plagued country, something that the Mexican government
has firmly denied.
The Sinaloa Cartel still transports large quantities of
cocaine and marijuana into the US from Mexico and Colombia, and is involved in
conflicts with Los Zetas in Guadalajara and down to Veracruz, and with the
Juarez and Tijuana cartels in the north of the country.
Mexican defence officials believe Cabrera was active in the
northern states of Durango and Chihuahua. Most importantly, he may have been
head of security for "El Chapo", who currently has a $7 million dollar
bounty on his head from the U.S. government.
If so, this means that the authorities may be close to capturing the
biggest fish of all.
Twitter: @TimothyEWilson
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