Mexico nabs leader of cult-like La Familia cartel (El Chango, or "The Monkey")

Yahoo ^ | 6/21/11 | Adriana Gomez Licon - AP

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MEXICO CITY – Federal authorities apprehended the leader of the cult-like, pseudo-Christian La Familia cartel on Tuesday, saying they had dealt a debilitating blow to a major organized crime group that terrorized western Mexico.

Jose de Jesus Mendez Vargas, alias El Chango, or "The Monkey," was arrested in the central state of Aguascalientes without confrontation or casualties, said federal security spokesman Alejandro Poire.

A state official who was not authorized to speak on the record said Mendez was taken at a federal police checkpoint, but authorities didn't provide more details.

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Partial view of a billboard with portraits of members of La Familia drug cartel in Morelia, Mexico, in 2010. Mexican police have captured the top boss of the notorious La Familia cartel in a raid on the town of Aguascalientes, a government spokesman said Tuesday. "The federal government has detained the top leader (of La Familia) Jose de Jesus Mendez," said security spokesman Alejandro Poire. (AFP/File/Alfredo Estrella)

[kabumpo]

“chango” doesn’t mean monkey. Chango is the Yoruban god of lightning.

[Gritty]

He'll be sprung and back on the street before the Fat Lady (aka Janet Napolitano) can sing all six verses of "La Cucaracha!".

[Little Ray]

Big mistake. I bet he’ll be lose again before the year is over.
They should have offed him and everybody in his immediate vicinity. Captured records are almost as good as a “rigorous” interrogation.

[oust the louse]

“Jose de Jesus Mendez Vargas, alias El Chango, or “The Monkey,” was arrested in the central state of Aguascalientes without confrontation or casualties”

There is the problem....should have been riddled with bullets. They will secure him in a cell for a few years while the cartel he ran grows with his 2nd in command. Same old same old....

[bajabaja]

“chango” doesn’t mean monkey. Chango is the Yoruban god of lightning.

Gosh, I thought it meant chimp, as in those that inhabit the southern states of Mexico. My nickname to a certain lady was chango peludo, which I thought mean hairy chimp. Now I am a god of lightening? I don't think so.

[freeangel]

Here it come—hussein will now take credit for “Gunwalker” being a huge success. Mission accomplished./s