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Mexico Drug War: Sons Of Sinaloa Cartel Leader 'El Chapo' Guzman Targeted

May 08th 2012 - 05:00PM

The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions Tuesday against two sons of Sinaloa cartel drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.

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  • 05/11/12 What a topsy-turvy world Source: MoneyWeek - UK It's an export economy with too much capacity, like Japan in 89.
  • 05/08/12 U.S. blacklists sons of 'El Chapo' Guzman, fugitive... Source: The Eagle Citizen The Treasury Department on Tuesday added two sons of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to its "designated kingpin" list, which bars all U.S. companies, banks and individuals from doing business with them.
  • 05/06/12 Fear spreads as Mexican journalists mourned Source: The Express - Lock Haven PA Grieving, frightened journalists remembered three slain colleagues on Friday as young and energetic members of a press corps working under terrifying conditions in a state torn by a war between Mexico's two most powerful drug cartels.
  • 05/05/12 Fear spreads as Mexican journalists mourned Source: The Independent - London - UK Traffic dwindled from the streets and shopping areas emptied hours after the discovery Thursday afternoon of Guillermo Luna Varela, Gabriel Huge, Esteban Rodriguez and Irasema Becerra, who had been slain, dismembered and stuffed into black plastic bags dumped into a waste canal.
  • 05/05/12 Mexico's top drug kingpin "Chapo" Guzman could sway... Source: El Paso Times - El Paso TX Mexico's top drug kingpin represents a formidable political force that could influence the outcome of the July 1 presidential election, says a UTEP professor and author of a new book on election fraud.

Background on joaquin el chapo

Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera (b. April 4, 1957) is a fugitive Mexican drug lord who heads the world's largest and most powerful drug trafficking organization, the Sinaloa Cartel, an organization named after the Mexican Pacific coast state of Sinaloa where it was initially formed.

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