Ovidio Limon Sanchez was captured by soldiers in Culiacan - the capital of Sinaloa state on the Pacific coast.
He is accused of organising huge shipments of cocaine into southern California and of running a network that distributes it throughout the US.
He faces extradition to the US, which had offered a reward of up to $5m (£3.13m) for his arrest.
Mr Limon Sanchez is alleged to be a close ally of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the fugitive leader of the Sinaloa cartel, who is Mexico's most wanted drug lord.
Bulk shipments
"The detention of Limon Sanchez significantly affects the Guzman criminal organisation in its capacity to traffic cocaine and weakens its ability to generate financial resources," defence ministry spokesman Col Ricardo Trevilla said.
He was captured by the Mexican army "without a shot being fired", Col Trevilla added.
Mr Limon Sanchez allegedly smuggled tons of cocaine into southern California and brought back millions of dollars to Mexico in cash shipments, according to a notice on the US State Department website.
He is the latest in a series of alleged top drug traffickers to be killed or captured in Mexico since President Felipe Calderon began deploying the military to fight the cartels in 2006.
But critics of his policy say these successes have not slowed the flow of drugs and may have exacerbated the violence by triggering power struggles within the cartels.
Source: BBC
why is it seem so easy to arrest these cartel leaders?..without a shot being fired??is all this pre-arranged??..something is up here...
ReplyDeleteAll of sinaloas people always get arrested without a shot being fired they got that from el m1!
ReplyDeleteThink he will be out before Christmas?
ReplyDeleteFucking Z-40 is snitching on everybody!!!!!!! Damn it!!!!
ReplyDeleteI wonder what people who have said Calderon was protecting the Sinaloa Cartel have to say now.
ReplyDeleteOne more down for the count
ReplyDeleteAnybody have any better insight on this guy? I had never heard of him before. He had a hefty bounty on him so he must have been someone of importance. CDS guys are going down with out a shot fired, reason might be because they feel they will get out in a few years. Something to live for.
ReplyDeleteNot related to story. But last Friday saw the playboy club in cancun surrounded and shut down by Feds Any info?
ReplyDeleteI was surprise to know the U.S was offering $5 million dollars. Apparently there is a lot of people that I don't know about.
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ReplyDeleteIf Z-40 knew where this guy was he would of had this guy killed already.. They call him a "snitch" for having supposedly ratted on his associates from Z.
I want to hear from those who complain that Calderon is in cahoots with Chapo. Anabel Hernandez, Proceso, etc. come on let's hear it. Explain to me how this guy gets busted if his boss owns Calderon.
ReplyDeleteNot a big fish? The US has $5M on his head. He will soon be released? No, he's going to the US when Mexico is done with him. What then? Window dressing? This guy handled ops. He made the dope and the money move. He's no sacrificial lamb.
Come on you guys that piss and moan every time CDG or CDJ or some z gets popped. You say, oh CDS never gets busted because Chapo and Calderon have a deal. So why is this major operations guy in jail?
One of the Sinaloa big dogs gets captured and today Mora dies in a helicopter crash..... ummmm......something to think about!
ReplyDeleteHe's in jail because he's not that cool looking.
ReplyDeleteHopefully he doesn't walk out of Prison before he is extradited to the U.S.
ReplyDeleteTo all those that want an explanation here it :
ReplyDeleteThe reason why this guy was caught is because all you hear is that the Sinaloa Cartel is the most powerful and has yet to have a REAL blow to their Cartel(Obviously, making the Mexican Goverment look really bad,for NOT attacking all the Cartels the same,YOU guys are idiots if you dont believe the Mexican Goverment is helping the Sinaloa Cartell.This,once again, wasnt the huge blow they were looking for but still a high ranking member of the Cartel.Imagine the foot soldiers behind this operation cruising through Culiacan,you gotta give respect.By( Big blow) I mean Real Charasmatic Leaders(AZUL,MAYO,CHAPO).
If im not wrong ALL the other cartels have suffered the death/arrest of an important Founder/Boss in their organization,Why not the Sinaloa Cartel???
Its obvious Calderon and his Federales/Militares/maybe even Marinos are supporting a CERTAIN Cartel,why happens to be the Sinaloa Cartel.
i hope he gets out
ReplyDeleteThere is currently a "realignment" for the federation. This was probably one of the casulties. Also, there is a rumor that Zambadas people are fighting with chapos people in Culiacan.I don't know if its true, but chapos peoples are being taken out left and right in Culiacan.
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ReplyDelete" If im not wrong ALL the other cartels have suffered the death/arrest of an important Founder/Boss in their organization,Why not the Sinaloa Cartel???"
What about Nacho Coronel?
What about Nacho Coronel??@7:39 Since the split in 2008 of the Beltran Leyva brothers from the Sinaloa Cartel,and since Nacho was friends with both of them,(this of course, until his son was killed by El Pepino an operater of Hector Beltran),he pretty much went independent/Neutral,since he didnt want/like problems and was trying to integrate a completely independent organization that didnt go through Chapo Guzman.Nacho Coronel practically had his own Cartel.Who do you guys think that CDJNG,and MATAZETAS are??? They are Nacho people that after his suprising death maybe coincidence maybe planned out by chapo himself,but Chapo now has most of Nacho people working for him.
ReplyDelete***Rumor:It is said that after the death of Alejandro Coronel,in his 20s,Nacho son, Ignacio was never the same,he became more and more sloppy,and bloodthirsty,In other words the guy lost it,Something that Chapo didnt like,because Nacho started attracting too much attention on the Cartel,and heating its operations.
Now that Vicentillo's trial date is coming up..he is talking.
ReplyDeleteWhy the bury to extradite this fella and La B still pending?
ReplyDeletesinaloas cartel is mexicos political branch when the PAN sit on the presidential chair it was because el chapo and you see this next presidential election PRI is going to win again why because el chapo the real president of mexico is not PAN OR PRI, is MR CHAPO
ReplyDeletewho is goig to win next presiden election in mex,el pri this time el chapo want el pri on the chair i dosent matter who is in the presidential power the real president of mexico is mr joaquin loera el chapo
ReplyDeleteThis individual they arrested in 2011 was 7 years into his retirement. That"s right, he was no longer in the business. He was not hiding from anyone. That's why it was so easy to capture him. I never met a person who did not like this guy. That's what made him so successful
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