Drug lord 'El Chapo' threatens to destroy ISIS in e-mail

[Sally]

We will have to wait for the next chapter to see what "El Chapo" has up his sleeve. It would be nice if he could destroy ISIS, and then the authorities can concentrate on destroying him and his cartel.


Drug lord 'El Chapo' threatens to destroy ISIS in e-mail

In this Feb. 22, 2014 file photo, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is escorted to a helicopter in handcuffs by Mexican Navy marines at a navy hanger in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)



TED RATH, POSTMEDIA NETWORK
Dec 10, 2015
, Last Updated: 2:17 PM ET

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the Sinaloa cartel boss and world's most wanted drug lord, has threatened ISIS with retaliation if it continues to destroy his drug shipments to the Middle East that go through the terror group's "caliphate."

And he's not mincing words.

"I pity the next son of a whore who tries to interfere with the business of the Sinaloa cartel. I will have their hearts and tongues torn from them," El Chapo reportedly wrote ISIS in an e-mail leaked to a Mexican blogger with ties to the cartel.

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Drug lord 'El Chapo' threatens to destroy ISIS in e-mail

 

[TheOldSchool]

Now all he has to do is take his shirt off on a horse and he can win the support of the entire republican party.

 

[Bruce_T_Laney]

We will have to wait for the next chapter to see what "El Chapo" has up his sleeve. It would be nice if he could destroy ISIS, and then the authorities can concentrate on destroying him and his cartel.


Drug lord 'El Chapo' threatens to destroy ISIS in e-mail

In this Feb. 22, 2014 file photo, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is escorted to a helicopter in handcuffs by Mexican Navy marines at a navy hanger in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)



TED RATH, POSTMEDIA NETWORK
Dec 10, 2015
, Last Updated: 2:17 PM ET

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the Sinaloa cartel boss and world's most wanted drug lord, has threatened ISIS with retaliation if it continues to destroy his drug shipments to the Middle East that go through the terror group's "caliphate."

And he's not mincing words.

"I pity the next son of a whore who tries to interfere with the business of the Sinaloa cartel. I will have their hearts and tongues torn from them," El Chapo reportedly wrote ISIS in an e-mail leaked to a Mexican blogger with ties to the cartel.

Continue reading at:

Drug lord 'El Chapo' threatens to destroy ISIS in e-mail

If he is able to destroy ISIL then leave the crazy bastard alone, and just thank him and walk away.

He will be doing us a favor, and even though he is a ruthless killer that is so dangerous but if he is strong enough to destroy a radical element like ISIL then I would just tip my hat, and walk away.

 

[waltky]

Escape cost El Chapo a lot of money...

Mexico AG: 'El Chapo' spent 'very large sum of money' in escape
Dec. 14, 2015 -- Drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman spent a "very large sum of money" in his escape, according to Mexico's Attorney General's Office. Arely Gómez González, Mexico's attorney general, told the Milenio newspaper that her office has not figured out how much Guzman spent, but knows he spent heavily.

She said an affiliated agency was attempting to determine how many people were involved in his escape, both inside and outside the Altiplano Federal Prison. "The exact amount of how much was spent has not been fully documented, but we know it is a very large sum of money," Gómez González said. "But we have not exhausted this investigation and we continue to work on other matters relating to the same subject." Gómez González also said the government is preparing its criminal case against those accused of helping Guzman escape, including prison officials. More than 30 people have been arrested.

On July 11, Guzman escaped from a Mexican maximum security prison for the second time using a mile-long tunnel, which could have taken a year to build. El Chapo" -- meaning "The Short One" or "shorty" -- so dubbed because of his 5-foot-6-inch frame, was captured in Guatemala in 1993 and then extradited to Mexico to face murder and drug trafficking charges. He escaped from prison in 2001 by hiding in a laundry cart after bribing prison guards, and was re-captured in February 2014.

In October, an unedited leaked video of Guzman's escape shed further light into the suspicious circumstances surrounding the prison break. Mexican television channel Televisa broadcasted the CCTV footage of Guzman's escape, the longer version of a video authorities previously released but without sound and only showing the moments before Guzman disappeared.

Mexico AG: 'El Chapo' spent 'very large sum of money' in escape

 

[waltky]

You can't go home anymore...

Mexican Navy seizes hometown of drug lord 'El Chapo'
Dec. 17, 2015 -- Dozens of Mexican Navy marines recently seized La Tuna, the hometown of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, where several deaths have been reported.

The Mexican Navy arrived in La Tuna, a small town in northwest Mexico, on Monday, stopping all travel in and out of the town for several days, Ríodoce reports. An anonymous government source said there have been no arrests and did not reveal details other than "there are dead." The marines also seized the ranch of Guzman's brother, Aureliano. Guzman's mother, Consuelo Loera, and various family members live in La Tuna.

On July 11, Guzman escaped from a Mexican maximum security prison for the second time using a mile-long tunnel, which could have taken a year to build. El Chapo" -- meaning "The Short One" or "shorty" -- so dubbed because of his 5-foot-6-inch frame, was captured in Guatemala in 1993 and then extradited to Mexico to face murder and drug trafficking charges. He escaped from prison in 2001 by hiding in a laundry cart after bribing prison guards, and was re-captured in February 2014.

In October, an unedited leaked video of Guzman's escape shed further light on the suspicious circumstances surrounding the prison break. Mexican television channel Televisa broadcast the CCTV footage of Guzman's escape, the longer version of a video authorities previously released but without sound and only showing the moments before Guzman disappeared.

Mexican Navy seizes hometown of drug lord 'El Chapo'

 

[waltky]

Mayhem in Mexico as El Chapo continues to meander around...

Deaths rise in Mexico's Sinaloa state amid manhunt for 'El Chapo'
Dec. 30, 2015 -- A shootout between gunmen of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's brother and a rival gang over territory left eight dead, while more than four tons of marijuana were seized and two suspected Sinaloa Cartel members were killed in a separate incident.

The shootout took place in La Tuna, in Mexico's Sinaloa state, the hometown of Guzman and his brother, Aurealiano, on whose ranch the incident occurred. TeleSUR reported a war recently broke out in Sinaloa between drug traffickers attempting to take over a mountainous region where marijuana and poppy plants are cultivated. More than 14 people have died within Sinaloa recently in confrontations between security officials, Guzman's Sinaloa Cartel and other drug gangs. Authorities believe Guzman is in hiding somewhere in the Sinaloa state. Earlier this month, the Mexican Navy arrived in La Tuna as part of the manhunt for the escaped drug kingpin. Authorities stopped all travel in and out of the town for several days.

The marines also seized the ranch of Aureliano Guzman. Guzman's mother, Consuelo Loera, and various family members live in La Tuna. The nephew of one of Guzman's closest associates, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, was one of two killed earlier this month by a Mexican commando. Separately, the Secretariat of the Navy of Mexico, also known as SEMAR, said a recent gunfight in Sinaloa left two people dead. The Mexican Navy said during ground patrol "operations conducted in the vicinity of the Saca Rancheria Water, Sinaloa, naval personnel and a helicopter of the Navy of Mexico, were attacked with gunshots by alleged members of organized crime. The statement said personnel called in air support, which was also attacked.

El Universal reported authorities confiscated six rifles and several weapons magazines and ammunition that seemingly belong to Mexico's armed forces. Officials discovered about 4.5 tons of packed marijuana that was "ready for transport," which was incinerated on-site, according to SEMAR. On July 11, Guzman escaped from a Mexican maximum security prison for the second time using a mile-long tunnel, which could have taken a year to build. "El Chapo" -- meaning "The Short One" or "shorty" -- so dubbed because of his 5-foot-6-inch frame, was captured in Guatemala in 1993 and then extradited to Mexico to face murder and drug trafficking charges. He escaped from prison in 2001 by hiding in a laundry cart after bribing prison guards, and was re-captured in February 2014.

Deaths rise in Mexico's Sinaloa state amid manhunt for 'El Chapo'

 

[waltky]

Mexican drug lord 'wants US extradition'...

Mexican drug lord El Chapo Guzman 'requests US extradition'
Wed, 02 Mar 2016 - Jailed Mexican drug lord, Joaquin Guzman, asks to be extradited to the US quickly so he can receive better treatment in prison, his lawyer says.

His lawyer said Guzman had asked him to stop fighting his extradition because guards at his prison would not let him sleep. "El Chapo" Guzman was recaptured in January, six months after he escaped from prison. Prison authorities say he is woken and checked every four hours. Two US courts have requested Guzman's extradition on charges of drug trafficking in California, and murder in Texas. But Guzman's defence teams filed an estimated nine appeals against his extradition.

A girl walks along the perimeter wall of the El Altiplano prison, where Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is being held, on February 24, 2016 in Almoloya de Juarez, Mexico​

Guzman's lawyer, Jose Refugio Rodriguez, said his client had told him to negotiate with the US authorities for a lighter sentence and confinement at a medium-security prison. Speaking on a Mexican radio station, Radio Formula, he said: "He has reached his limit, it is an act of desperation." Guzman escaped down a 1.5 km (1 mile) tunnel from the Altiplano maximum security prison outside Mexico City and was on the run for six months.

He was returned to the prison in January but to a much harsher regime. Mr Rodriguez said his client was now kept isolated and segregated and complains his cell is small, cold and he does not see the sun. Previously, Guzman said he had been given an hour-and-a-half every day to talk to his lawyer and an hour in the prison patio. Every nine days, he had been allowed a four-hour conjugal visit and a four-hour family visit. Mr Rodriguez said it would take two months to organise his extradition to the US.

Mexican drug lord El Chapo Guzman 'requests US extradition' - BBC News

 

[Sally]

Mexican drug lord 'wants US extradition'...

Mexican drug lord El Chapo Guzman 'requests US extradition'
Wed, 02 Mar 2016 - Jailed Mexican drug lord, Joaquin Guzman, asks to be extradited to the US quickly so he can receive better treatment in prison, his lawyer says.

His lawyer said Guzman had asked him to stop fighting his extradition because guards at his prison would not let him sleep. "El Chapo" Guzman was recaptured in January, six months after he escaped from prison. Prison authorities say he is woken and checked every four hours. Two US courts have requested Guzman's extradition on charges of drug trafficking in California, and murder in Texas. But Guzman's defence teams filed an estimated nine appeals against his extradition.

A girl walks along the perimeter wall of the El Altiplano prison, where Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is being held, on February 24, 2016 in Almoloya de Juarez, Mexico​

Guzman's lawyer, Jose Refugio Rodriguez, said his client had told him to negotiate with the US authorities for a lighter sentence and confinement at a medium-security prison. Speaking on a Mexican radio station, Radio Formula, he said: "He has reached his limit, it is an act of desperation." Guzman escaped down a 1.5 km (1 mile) tunnel from the Altiplano maximum security prison outside Mexico City and was on the run for six months.

He was returned to the prison in January but to a much harsher regime. Mr Rodriguez said his client was now kept isolated and segregated and complains his cell is small, cold and he does not see the sun. Previously, Guzman said he had been given an hour-and-a-half every day to talk to his lawyer and an hour in the prison patio. Every nine days, he had been allowed a four-hour conjugal visit and a four-hour family visit. Mr Rodriguez said it would take two months to organise his extradition to the US.

Mexican drug lord El Chapo Guzman 'requests US extradition' - BBC News

Speaking of El Chapo, it appears that many, many men want shirts like he wears. The two Iranian brothers down in the Santee Alley in the Fashion District of Los Angeles must be the envy of the other Iranian shopkeepers there.

'El Chapo' shirts: 'We cannot keep them in stock' - CNN.com

 

[waltky]

El Chapo moved to Juarez prison...

Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' moved to jail near US border
Sat, 07 May 2016 - Convicted Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman, known as "El Chapo", is transferred to a prison close to the border with the US.

Known as "El Chapo", he was taken to a prison near Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso in Texas, as part of a normal rotation of prisoners for security reasons, officials said. The head of the Sinaloa drug cartel, Guzman was re-captured in January, six months after he escaped from prison. Guzman is wanted in the US on charges of smuggling drugs into the country. Mexican officials told Reuters news agency that Guzman's transfer to Ciudad Juarez was not a precursor to extradition. Mexico's National Security Commission said it was in line with security protocols, and it had rotated more than 7,400 inmates as part of new security strategy.

Recaptured drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is escorted by soldiers at the hangar belonging to the office of the Attorney General in Mexico City, Mexico​

The authorities said that Guzman was moved to a new prison "because of works taking place to reinforce security" in Altiplano - his old prison near Mexico City. Analysts suggested the move was to prevent him escaping during the works. Guzman, who was named Public Enemy Number One by the Chicago Crime Commission in 2013, has been indicted by at least seven US federal district courts. Mexican officials say the process to extradite him to the US could take at least a year. In March, Guzman asked to be extradited rapidly so he could receive better treatment in prison. His lawyer said Guzman had asked him to stop fighting his extradition because guards at his prison would not let him sleep.

Guzman was captured in January and returned to the Altiplano maximum security jail near Mexico City after six months on the run. He had escaped from Altiplano in July through a 1.5km-long (one mile) tunnel under the floor of his shower stall in his cell. Leaked security footage of Guzman's prison break showed how guards failed to detect his escape until more than 20 minutes after it had happened, despite the sound of loud banging coming from his cell. Mexican marines arrested him in the western state of Sinaloa after he fled a safe house through a storm drain. The prison director and a number of guards were arrested in connection with his escape.

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Mexico drug lord 'El Chapo' Guzman moved to Juarez prison
May 7,`16 ) -- Convicted drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who twice pulled off brazen jailbreaks and is fighting to avoid extradition to the United States, was abruptly transferred to a prison in northern Mexico near the Texas border early Saturday.

Lawyers for Guzman, who was recaptured in January, have filed multiple appeals against their client being sent to the U.S., and Mexican officials have said it could take as long as a year to reach a final ruling. There was no immediate indication that the transfer could be a sign that the process is nearing conclusion. Mexican government officials said the Sinaloa cartel boss was moved from the maximum-security Altiplano lockup near Mexico City to the Cefereso No. 9 prison in Ciudad Juarez, which is across from El Paso, Texas. The Interior Department said the move was due to work being done to reinforce security at Altiplano. Mexico's National Security Commission said in a statement that the transfer was in line with security protocols, and it has rotated more than 7,400 inmates nationwide as part of a strategy implemented last September.

Michael Vigil, the former head of international operations for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, said Guzman was moved because of security concerns. Vigil, who said he had been briefed by Mexican officials, did not specify those concerns or say whether Mexican officials had information about possible new escape plots. He also did not specify the officials with whom he spoke. Jose Refugio Rodriguez, an attorney for Guzman, said defense lawyers had not been notified beforehand and one of them was traveling to Juarez to try to meet with their client. "I don't know what the strategy is," Refugio told The Associated Press. "I can't say what the government is thinking." He confirmed that Guzman's lawyers are still trying to block extradition.

Mexican security analyst Alejandro Hope called it plausible that Guzman was moved due to upgrades being done at Altiplano, but said officials also may have feared the possibility of another jailbreak attempt. "The more he remains at a single prison, in a single cell, the more the chances that he will rebuild the conditions that led to his escape," Hope said. "So this also might be a deliberate attempt to destabilize any such plans." Hope doubted the decision had anything to do with preparations for extradition, noting that it would be just as easy to put Guzman on a plane in Mexico City as in Juarez. He added that the Cefereso No. 9 is one of Mexico's newest prisons, constructed within the last five years or so. "The surrounding environment is risky because 'El Chapo' certainly has a lot of people in Ciudad Juarez, so it seems like a relatively odd choice," Hope said. "Probably the other alternatives were not any better, whatever their objective was."

Guzman faces charges from seven separate U.S. attorneys' offices, including in Chicago, New York, Miami and San Diego. A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman in El Paso, Texas, referred inquiries to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which did not immediately respond to telephone and email messages. Messages left with representatives of the U.S. Attorney's Office and the U.S. Marshals Service in El Paso also were not returned immediately. The U.S. Justice Department declined to comment. "El Chapo" first broke out of a Mexican prison in 2001. He was recaptured in 2014, only to escape the Altiplano lockup the following year through a mile-long tunnel dug to the floor of the shower stall in his cell.

Mexican marines re-arrested him in the western state of Sinaloa in January, after he fled a safe house through a storm drain. He was returned to Altiplano, where officials beefed up his security regimen. Guzman was placed under constant observation from a ceiling camera with no blind spots, and the floors of top-security cells were reinforced with metal bars and a 16-inch (40-centimeter) layer of concrete.

News from The Associated Press

 

[Roudy]

We will have to wait for the next chapter to see what "El Chapo" has up his sleeve. It would be nice if he could destroy ISIS, and then the authorities can concentrate on destroying him and his cartel.


Drug lord 'El Chapo' threatens to destroy ISIS in e-mail

In this Feb. 22, 2014 file photo, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is escorted to a helicopter in handcuffs by Mexican Navy marines at a navy hanger in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)



TED RATH, POSTMEDIA NETWORK
Dec 10, 2015
, Last Updated: 2:17 PM ET

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the Sinaloa cartel boss and world's most wanted drug lord, has threatened ISIS with retaliation if it continues to destroy his drug shipments to the Middle East that go through the terror group's "caliphate."

And he's not mincing words.

"I pity the next son of a whore who tries to interfere with the business of the Sinaloa cartel. I will have their hearts and tongues torn from them," El Chapo reportedly wrote ISIS in an e-mail leaked to a Mexican blogger with ties to the cartel.

Continue reading at:

Drug lord 'El Chapo' threatens to destroy ISIS in e-mail

Now that's funny. But conceptually he has a point. It's much easier for one group of barbaric thugs with no respect for international law or human life to destroy another group with similar values. Sad but true.

 

[Freeman]

A small comparison:
ISIS number victims: about 3000
Mexican Cartels number victims: 165000

 

[Roudy]

Bzzzzzz wrong. Just in Iraq the ISIS savages have killed about 19,000, and in Syria it's at least triple that of Iraq.

ISIS Death Toll: 18,800 Civilians Killed in Iraq in 2 Years: U.N.

19,000 civilians killed in Iraq in 21 months: Report - CNN.com

 

[Freeman]

Those are killed by both sectarian regime militias, army and ISIS.

The number killed by ISIS should be between 5000 and 10000.

 

[Roudy]

Bzzzz wrong. You were caught lying again, Achmed. Numbers are from UN, yes, the same anti Israel UN you adore.

ISIS Death Toll: 18,800 Civilians Killed in Iraq in 2 Years: U.N.

19,000 civilians killed in Iraq in 21 months: Report - CNN.com