el mayo
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Last week Vicente Jesus Zambada-Niebla (aka “Mayito”) pled guilty to drug trafficking charges in a US District Court in Chicago. “Mayito” is the son of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada-Garcia, the man who is believed to be the current head of the Sinaloa Cartel, Mexico’s most powerful criminal organization. El Mayo likely assumed the top spot in the cartel after the recent
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Cross-posted with Conflict Journal This is a weekly roundup of events from 9 March to 17 March 2014. The head of Mexico’s federal police force has resigned as of Monday; Manuel Mondragon stepped down from his position as head of the National Security Commission but will still be working with the department on strategy efforts in
Mike LaSusa 