Posted on 08/16/2006 11:32:27 AM PDT by OnRightOnLeftCoast
A reputed Mexican drug lord who tops the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's Most Wanted List has been captured in an offshore operation in the Pacific Ocean, federal law enforcement sources said.
The DEA lists rewards of $5 million each for the capture of Javier Arellano-Felix and his brother, Eduardo, who allegedly head the cartel that bears their name
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
I can't wait to see the protests of the illegals here in the US, citing that we have violated his rights.
I would not doubt it.
Seems like it would have been cheaper to have "lost" him at sea.
poorly written article. It took many paragraphs to find out WHO was captured.
Second paragraph said it.
La Paz, Bolivia???? Bolivia has no coast line - it is completely land locked.
Well,
Javier clearly has a face only a Mama could love.
Javier's face looks like someone from a cartoon. Those cool triangular eyebrows and mouth. The spiked hair.
Excellent work, DEA.
Just shoot him so we don't have to put up with another crooked or stupid American trial.
Being hard to catch he was dubbed..."FELIX THE CAT"...Righteo!
Any relation to the illegal criminal who is holed up in a church? See below's excerpt posting:
Woman goes to church to duck deportation
Posted by JustPiper
On 08/16/2006 12:13:05 PM PDT · 9 replies · 188+ views
AP ^ | 8-16-06 | TARA BURGHART
Arellano, who was deported shortly after illegally crossing into the United States in 1997, is president of United Latino Family, which lobbies for families that could be split by deportation.
Which makes her being in the US guilty of a felony according to current law.
As always the the Elliot Ness syndrome will kick in. If you ever watched the Untouchables you saw that every time Elliot and his men busted up a gang of mobsters running an illegal booze operation, there would be a new group coming in to take their place. There was never a final episode where they caught the last of the mobsters, because there was a never ending stream of people willing and able to take up the slack for the last guys who got popped. Whoever steps in for this current crop is likely to be as mean and nasty or worse than the Arellano-Felix bunch. Hundreds of tons of cocaine and thousands of tons of marijuana will still come over the border with Mexico every year, and those drugs will be as plentiful and cheap as ever in this country.
This news is actually bigger than it might seem. This is big news. Hurrah! on the capture of him. Sic a Democrat on him. Nail him for not "paying his taxes" or giving ALL his workers.. ahem... Livable Wages.
At least they admit that the arrest will no effect on the drug market. So why do we keep fighting this war if even 'taking the head off the snake'...'will not stem the flow of drugs'??
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20060817-9999-1n17arellano.html
Actually, I beg to differ with you. Capturing the kingpin means that alternate routes for "sales and delivery" will be occurring. "Holders" will seek to offload "merchandise" rapidly. A newer "master" will arrive on the scene to seize control of the black market. Immediate effects (of the capture) will be an increase in market sales. Will the capture ultimately negatively effect the drug-market? Yes, I think so.
That's the nature of the everlasting battle between Good and Evil.
Our duty is to fight the fight as best we can to keep evil at bay.
If we don't...................remember Hitler? Remember how close that fight was?
It isn't a given that we will always have the upper hand, as we do now. We only have to look back 40 or 50 years to see how we've let things slide. We owe it to our children and grandchildren to at least hold the line. Otherwise, they could grow up in a hell we can't imagine.
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