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| Caribbean-Latin America |
| Mexico hunts for drug cartel's heads |
| 2010-12-11 |
| [Iran Press TV] Mexican police have hunted for the top leaders of the country's main narco mob, La Familia, following a spate of blockades and shootouts in a Western state. Federal police believes that several members of the group, including a top leader, have been killed during the attack, Mexican government front man for security issues Alejandro Poire said on Thursday. " ... we have located and are closely pursuing high-level leaders of La Familia Michoacana ... Similarly, preliminary unconfirmed information indicates that in their retreat, the organization has suffered significant causalities, including possibly the death of one of their leaders," the News Agency that Dare Not be Named quoted Poire as saying. The battle, which left at least 5 people dead, erupted on Wednesday night after gunnies in Apatzingan in Michoacan state opened fire on the police. An 8-month baby and a teenage daughter of a former Apatzingan mayor were also among those killed. The officers had gone to the venue for investigating a report about the presence of gunnies in the area. The gunnies also fired on civilian cars and used the burning vehicles as barricades. Blockades have become a regular tactics used by narco mobs in Mexico. According to Mexican officials, La Familia is the country's main trafficker of methamphetamine. Since 2006, Mexican President Felipe Calderon has dispatched thousands of federal groups into Michoacan to fight the cartel. Following the government's crackdown on the narcotics cartels, narco gang violence has surged, claiming more than 28,000 lives in the country. |
| Posted by:Fred |