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Authorities reported late Thursday night that two Mexican druglords had been killed in a shootout in the zone of El Peten, near the border with Mexico. They said one appeared to be 'El Chapo' Guzman, the most wanted druglord in the world. The intelligence agency, Stratford, had claimed that Guzman was hiding in Guatemala, precisely in the El Peten region.
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However, on Friday morning the Guatemalan Minister of the Interior, Mauricio Lopez, retracted that version of the shootout that allegedly ended with the death of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, leader of the Sinaloa cartel. Photo: AP -
In an interview with the radio station, Emisoras Unidaz, Lopez clarified that as of 2 a.m. Friday, he could not even confirm there had been a shootout and said that security forces are patrolling via air to determine the information. Chapo's location had been filtered through Wikileaks. Julian Assange's famous portal had intercepted an email in which there was a connection established between the Sinaloa and Zeta cartels, as well as other drug groups in Central America. Photo: AP -
Since 2006, the Zetas and the Sinaloa cartel have dissolved the existing cartels in Northern Guatemala and taken their place according to the account reva.bhalla@stratform.com.
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'El Chapo' was declared Public Enemy Number 1 by the authorities in Chicago, before his whereabouts were revealed.
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This 57-year-old drug dealer has become the main trafficker in Mexico, and the entire world, after the arrest of Osiel Cardenas of the Gulf Cartel.
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Aside from El Chapo's residence in the Central American country , the intelligence reform also talks about the links between Mexican cartels and criminal groups in the country and the Army's reduction.
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Between 2004 and 2006 the military reduced its numbres as part of a peace treaty with organized crime. Another wire, written in 2010, details that young officers who lost their job in the army joined the police forms, but some began to corrupt the system.
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Many joined organized crime and many migrated to Mexico. From there, the cartel's influence can be scene in the message identified with the key 1119580.
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'I can say that the MExican military presented Calderon (former President) with detailed plans of a major offensive against the drug cartels, identifying the points that need to be attacked, its all traced," reads the message.
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Mexico wants Guatemala to imrpove air control, to expand beyond its porders, but Alvaro Colom, former president, continues to retreat from agreements to apply these systems, read the message.
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Authorities reported late Thursday night that two Mexican druglords had been killed in a shootout in the zone of El Peten, near the border with Mexico. They said one appeared to be 'El Chapo' Guzman, the most wanted druglord in the world. The intelligence agency, Stratford, had claimed that Guzman was hiding in Guatemala, precisely in the El Peten region.
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