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Thursday, August 6, 2015

DEA: Had no prior knowledge of Chapo's escape tunnel, releases new wanted poster

By Lucio R for Borderland Beat

As it turns out, those reports of the DEA agency forewarning Mexico of El Chapo’s escape plans were not accurate.

At a presser Wednesday to announce the new Chapo tipline, wanted posted and reward, DEA chief Chuck Rosenberg told reporters that the United States did not have any actionable intelligence of the Sinaloa Capo building a tunnel.  However, he went on to affirm that the agency believes Chapo did indeed use the tunnel to escape.

Most experts of Mexican organized crime agree with Rosenberg.  For El Chapo to walk out the Altiplano Max security prison through the front gates would require a conspiracy with the involvement of a massive amount of individuals.  The more people involved the greater risk of a compromise or break in the chain of confidentiality.  El Chapo is many things but an inept strategist is not one of them.  Having a core group of people paid or threatened into facilitating the tunnel escape, was really the most secure method of escape.  And his drug tunnel engineering is a technique El Chapo was very familiar with and whose sophistication he had acquired fame for. 

Rosenberg said when he heard about the escape his reaction was "a combination of extreme disappointment and not terribly surprised. I mean, it had happened before, right? So fool me once, shame on you… I think I have that right …fool me twice, shame on me." A reference to Mexico having dirtied its hands with two Chapo escapes, the previous escape from a Jalisco prison in 2001, and the July escape from Altiplano.  El Chapo now being the first to escape from Altiplano, Mexico’s only internationally recognized Super Max Prison.

While Reforma, a reputable media outlet in Mexico, reports in today’s issue, that the DEA announced it is working with Mexico to capture Chapo, implying they are working side by side, that is not quite what Rosenberg stated. 

Mexico had already said “no thank you” to the U.S. offer of assistance, notably offering technology help.  It was U.S. technology that tracked and found El Chapo in his February, 2014 capture.


Rosenberg said he has confidence in some U.S. sources within Mexico, however, he accepted that there are some elements within that government that may be working against the U.S.

He stated that The United States will continue its offer of manpower and sharing information with the Mexican government in the hunt for Guzman.

The agency released its new “wanted” poster (above) a tip line number, the tip line number in the United States is (844) 692-4101 and outside the U.S. the number is 001-844-692-4101, and reiterated the $5.000.000 dollar reward on Chapo’s head.

Also announced was a new tip line email address; CHAPOTIPS@USDOJ.GOV.

Rosenberg acknowledges that El Chapo’s influence and lore in Mexico is a foe the agency fights against in acquiring good information that would help in his capture.  He says the agency believes Chapo is in Mexico where he has good control and the most protection. Mexican mews outlets report Rosenberg stated Chapo is in Sinaloa, while that is a reasonable deduction, what Rosenberg stated was Chapo is in Mexico, and not outside the country

The U.S. quickly filed a wanted warrant with Interpol, should El Chapo decides to travel outside Mexico’s borders.

“Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman-Loera has destroyed lives and communities throughout the United States and Mexico and his capture is a high priority for DEA,” said Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg.  “His escape poses a danger to the safety and security of both our countries.  DEA will continue to work closely with our Mexican counterparts and provide as many resources as possible to ensure his arrest.”

Information from the DEA press announcement:

“On July 11, 2015, he again escaped from Altiplano federal maximum security prison in the State of Mexico.

Guzman-Loera was in charge of the Guzman-Loera drug trafficking organization (DTO), which in turn, is part of the larger Sinaloa Cartel. Under the leadership of Guzman-Loera and his partner, Ismael Zambada-Garcia, the Sinaloa Cartel controls vast trafficking operations on an international scale, with the majority of its drugs being distributed to the United States. The Sinaloa Cartel bases its operations principally in the Mexican states of Sinaloa, Sonora, Durango and Baja California, although it also has representation in several other states throughout the Republic. In addition to its distribution cells in the United States, the DTO transports drug shipments to Canada, Australia, Europe, Africa and Asia. 

Their organization smuggles multi-ton cocaine shipments from South America through Central America into Mexico. They are also involved in the manufacture, transport and distribution of methamphetamine and heroin. Additionally, the organization operates several large scale marijuana plantations in Sinaloa and surrounding areas. The Sinaloa Cartel organization relies on bulk currency shipments to move drug proceeds across the United States-Mexico border.


Guzman-Loera has been charged with drug trafficking and related crimes in several U.S. District Courts, to include the District of Arizona, the Southern District of California, the Western District of Texas, the Northern District of Illinois, the Eastern District of New York, and the Southern District of Florida. The first U.S. indictment against Guzman-Loera was unsealed in San Diego on September 28, 1995, charging him and 22 members of his organization with conspiracy to import over eight tons of cocaine and money laundering.”

72 comments:

  1. Mexico having dirtied tits hands? I want those too!!

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  2. 5 more million dollars, ora perros, lleguenlen a la carne, otra ves?

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  3. Lets this guy work he doest not hurt innocent children or woman all he wants its to get money and pay his people so they can feed their familys and those who are quick to judge him are you going to pay his rent or food ? We all have to find a way to make money and support our familys rigth or wrong olny god can judges us , - the african american -

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    1. "Leave Britney alone" I mean Chapo!

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    2. I agree there's not a nicer man in earth than el chapo dumbass

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    3. Leave Chapo alone maybe he will clean up Tamps. The Chinito, Toro Cantu and Nieto can't do it

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    4. Yo no mando matar innocentes el problema siempre va acer la envidia y los contras queren el poder voy por eyeos con todo mi equipo palabras del CHAPO...

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    5. Get off his nnutts12:53 r u stupid or never mind u r. How do u know he don't kill kids or women? U there to say that ? All u that believe that no innocent ppl have die at his calling are stupid ignorant ppl... Get off his nutts

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    6. Yes Chapo Please save Mexico from Pena Nieto

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    7. the truth is, they all kill, they all do bad things.... but of all of them the sinaloa cartel does it in a very very small scale. they do work different , sinaloa its the less violent towaards regular citizens, so yes they do it too. i got alot of respect for chapo, but that its the truth,

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    8. Chapo has a habit of putting curfews on people that live on his turf! He tells them at what time at night they have to be home and off the street, and even when they can throw parties celebrating any special occasion! Gente Nueva executed nine youth baseball players in the Juarez Valley about a year and half ago because they celebrated a victory in broad daylight without their permission. Do you think this is the first or the last time innocent people have been killed by Chapos people simply because of this rule of his? Hell No!!! Im even willing to bet their could be hundreds or thousands of innocent people killed by this bastard for similar innocent reasons! Fuck this mentality and fuck El Chapo! Who the fuck does he think he is?!!!

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    9. Not siding with the el african, but el chapo is the bomb, if only because the mexican government is all full of worse arseholes than El Chapo...
      El Chapo also earns his own money and buys his own weapons and ammo, he does not wait for the US government to "give" him any help there...

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    10. Say Millie three times in the mirror and he will appear.

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  4. That is correct. They distanced themselves from the United States media saying they warned Mexico. They offered some radio intelligence but it stated nothing specific, it was a matter of adding up information and movement of money. They gave Mexico nothing specific. there is limited cell capability and communication for 2 miles around the prison.

    Rosenberg said without specifically stating, that with Mexico on board they could recapture Chapo, but left little doubt they doubt Mexico would go on board.

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    1. The mexican government was aboard a pirate ship, walking the plank, and fell into a deep sea of SHIT...

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    2. 1:05 PM
      dude, you must be high on your own supply! mexico can't do anything on their own if they ain't being paid to do so, or without the assistance from US. Bet you want us to come in and whip your ass too huh? Your own country ain't on board because they choose to be paid off, corrupt people control you, you do as they say. shame on you for even bringing US up as being in alliance with the corrupt country you live in...

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    3. shame on you for thinking the U.S is not the problem here yankee .i beg your pardon !!yeah U.S throws rocks and then hides their hand behind their back and you blame everything at mexico .they just bend hand backwards for their citizens i bet .MEXICO and U.S need to get together on this drug war mexico is the supplier and the U.S the consumer therefore theyre both at fault here.theres no way one country will beat this war.mexico is running out of time this is costing them lots of money and the narcos are reaching the top chain of command once that happens its gonna be a disaster.overthrowing the government.mexico has no army nobody to fight the narcos .their army and police are narcos .the fastest way to fix this problem is the u.s legalizing all drugs and stop the flow of guns .other than that goodluck with the collin powell doctrine and sit with the u.s to figure out another plan but mexicos government has a cancer in their governmrnt system .

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    4. 9:47 WOW! That's means the US helped mexico release el chapo, yeah, nobody can say: "next time you're digging the hole" like the american godfellas...

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  5. Only 5 million reward?.. Fuck that chapo will give you 20 million just to stay quiet and help him work while your at it.

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    1. That or kill u and ur whole blood line bro this guy is evil wht the fuck r u talking about he is an animal

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    2. Mis respecto a la gente commun que no tiene nada que ver en esto palabras del CHAPO...

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    3. IF you check, you will find that not just on chapo's turf, but even on zetas controlled areas, journalists do not get persecuted or nurdered as a rule, and a few get murdered where they are in Narco vs Narco conflict...
      --More than 90% get murdered by politicians' sicarios, usually former military or police officers, or secret agents, who all quickly blame the narcos and who arrest "crooks" who quickly confess after a few tehuacanazos or chicharrazos or una madriza...WHY BLAME EL CHAPO JUST BECAUSE IT IS EASY?...

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  6. Hmmmm if you look at Chapo's first photo, it does not look like the other two. In first photo his nose is thinner whereas the other two have wider nose. His ears in first photo look very pronounsed whereas the other two seemed to be recessed.

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    1. Stop dreaming ese thats chaop the one and only the devil himself go on bro fuck with him youll see what happens

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    2. yeah i looked different too 15 years go

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  7. Yea maybe $50 million and consider him captured.

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  8. Arriba el chapo y Toda su gente atte el morroñis de la palma navolato, sinaloa.

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    1. Fuck chaputo and his crew. If USA is saying the Mexican government is clean on his escape then the USA was in on it too.

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  9. Lets all flood the tip line with Chapo sightings. I think I saw Chapo up in Sturgis at the biker rally, and I also saw him at a strip club, LOL. That tip line should work out well for DOJ, LMAO

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  10. You know the DEA is so full of Bull S---

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    1. so they forget about caro them DEA hippies need to stop smoking chapos weed !!

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  11. For those that say he will never be caught again. If youre number 1 on the list the US will get you guaranteed. Hell come down from the mountains again soon because hes too ambitious to stay up there. El chapo peak of power was the Federation. The man is all downhill from now on his clock is ticking and he knows it.

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    1. Please stop this U.S. always gets their man bs. It's one thing to label Chapo an animal, it's another to boast the U.S. as being innocent and try never ruin lives around the globe with their military.

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    2. Mark my words he will never get caught again he knows he will go to the u.s

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    3. 4:53

      I agree. We should not go into the countries where men, women and children are being slaughtered, tortured, decapitated, raped and more. Where nobody can do anything to help. Kind of sounds like where I live in Mexico.

      Why did we get involved in fighting against Germany. I guess we should have let them slaughter more Jews, and then who they did not like next.

      Saddam Hussein wiping out whole villages (Kurds) with chemical warfare and killing the people he did not like or just to change his personal security out. Two million people killed by the Khmer Rouge. Just slaughtered men, women and children.

      The only lives they are trying to ruin is the thugs, criminals and terrorists. You think the people in those countries should live under that kind of leadership. Look at North Korea where people are suffering.

      Most of these fights are to fend off bad people that want to do harm to others for greed and power. The people that complain about the US are the ones that say the US is doing nothing. When the shot hits the fan they want help, just like the people that are being attacked by terrorists now. The only thing I would do differently is make them pay for the wars we are helping them fight for them.

      What happens when things get bad. The people want to escape for another country and many of them to the USA. More than any country in the world as in evidence. People do not want to escape to North Korea, Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Cuba, Mexico, Russia and many others. They want to escape to the the more civil, although not perfect countries. Right now I see the US is trying to save lives, and many of the more persecuted countries and people are wondering why the USA is not helping even more. Let them foot the bill, and the take the money from the people they conquer to pay for the damages they did. Because none of it benefits the people in the USA, other than to be more secure in a crazy world.

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    4. So how can we get rid of the real evil....american governmant all branches....reform anyone? Vote Bernie Sanders for president 2016

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    5. That's why Mexicans come to the US. To get away from the war. The war is going to last a long time. Mexico and the US need good leaders, at this time we have none

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    6. 8:30 sigh! All those rapes and pillage get performed by US agents to soften their welcome onto any countries, once there, the situations get worse...
      --Iran and cuba have US prisoners they caught giving away USAID cellphones to plant their spring revolutions, lately just because it worked for obama, the other countries did not catch up on time...
      --the mexican economic system resembles more and more the Plantation systems where you work just to be allowed on the premises, and forget about pay, pay rises, education, health care, but you have a right to work for less or less or less, and to consume at the white people's stores even on credit to own your ass through credit you will never be able to pay, but you will inherit the debt to your descendants...

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    7. The U.S is giving mexico a lapdance for free because mexico supplies the U.S what they need.

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  12. Chapo is the US drug czar under Obama, a cabinet position

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    1. 4:27 el chapo thrived under private ownership of privatizing enterprises like vicente fox and jelipe calderon in mexico, and agents x, y, and z on the US...
      --Obviously, obama and even stupid ass peña nieto just thought it would be easy to just up and take on el chapo, both lost their credibility, even our guy, obama...

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  13. Every country has an "us versus them" mentality. I highly doubt Mexico would give him up. That's not 2 say his own countrymen all support him. Whoever does nab him will only make a name and target 4 himself. Either way someone else will just as quickly step n 4 him if and when he's ever gone. The never ending battle continues....

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    1. Exacto bro.....plus mx has a lot to hide n us as well.....i think they are affraid of what chapo can do after he has learned n figured out both and has dirt on everyone.....chapo is a real boss

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  14. Is DEA that stupid? If they want Chapos ass, they need to tell the mexican government to stop being under Chapos payroll, get 3 blackhawks and go to the Sinaloa Sierra and just pick him up.

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    1. Goodluck ! Lol

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    2. Chapo would be tipped off as soon as a meeting about a meeting, about the meeting to even just organize his apprehension was set.....he has connects everywhere its really fuckin scary if u think about how much he knows n who he has control of......whack

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    3. The USA picks up chatter to weed out terrorists. They have spying equipment and communications that can pick up the smallest of chatter. If you live in the mountains you have to contact people to do things by phone or other types of communication that can easily be heard. Look at all the things that were found out with Snow. If the US put out a full blown search with all the technology they have at hand, he would be found. There has to be a string of communications to get things done and he would be found. They found him other times only to have Mexican officials tip him off. If you thing they could not find him you are not to up on the incredible tech and in communications and satellites that can see a persons face up close. Now they also have drones. He enjoys to spend his money and he makes things happen. That would bring him down. They could go and pick him up after he was secured by ground personnel that secured him before hand.

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    4. chapos boys at the top have big red buttons like the ones they sell at staples!!

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    5. American failure to catch terroristas is well illustrated, billions of viewers cheering and singing "CON LOS TERRORISTAS!!!" While doing the Harlem Shake, practicing their ugly trade while dancing, some even naked, and not one arrest!

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  15. Big Deal you are not going to see Chapo again amigos!

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  16. good post, well written, as usual.

    The rumor of out the front gates doesn't make sense. too many people would have to be involved and that would be a colossal risk.

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  17. Rosenberg said when he heard about the escape his reaction was "a combination of extreme disappointment and not terribly surprised. I mean, it had happened before, right?
    Hilarious!
    Without Chapo and others like him you wouldn't have your big paying job for life for failing!
    The War on Drugs is a scam!
    Just like the other low level War on Terror! The gvt never wants it to end as it militarizes a large segment of the gvt and creates jobs!

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    1. Exactly my point bro....i have said the same shit forever.....drug cartels are dea and other task forces job security....without drugs these whack ass agencies dont exist.....its just like howa terminator needs insects n rodents to kill in order to ave work......its a cat and mouse game where the cat gets paid by the mouse to help the mouse eat his cheese without getting trapped and publicly looks and puts on an act like he hates the mouse n wants to get rid of him while being taken care of by his master (govt)

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    2. Yeah the dea is the fat cat forsure jist lapping up everything being served to it on a silver platter......the DEA is getting way too powerfull

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  18. Chapo is really just a side-show!
    The real question should be to the DEA is why after 40 yrs of the declaration of The War on Drugs is the country flooded with more drugs than ever!
    Congressional hearings need to be held for this monumental failure!

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    1. Congressional hearing, are you serous? Thats asking the same people (Congress) who messed everything up to investigate how everything got so messed up. There is simply no logic in this line of thinking (if you can even call it thinking)

      The DEA is a joke, they are responsible for more drug problems than Chapo ever was. Ask the DEA about their US Government plane headed back to the USA that crashed inside of Mexico full of cocaine, or just Google it to see images. The DEA is itself a large criminal organization

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    2. 3:38 has the answer

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    3. That was CIA operation mayan jaguar, with CIA AIR AMERICA PLANES, one crashed, the other got caugt, genaro Gracia luna got to make a lot of money accepting "reparations" to reinforce the mexican forces of evil from the Mierda Accords...

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  19. Mr Guzman for PRESIDENT!!!

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  20. Why doesn't another countries version of the Dea come to the USA and destroy our Millions of pounds of tobacco being harvested now to kill sooner or later millions Worldwide? Tony Montana

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    1. Because BIIIG BUSINESS INTERESTS need some corporate welfare too, trading tobacco for meth precursors and opiates, mariguana and cocaine, plus oil, land air and water "rights" is good for corporations, "they are persons too my friend"...

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    2. Tobacco is legal and does not need to be smuggled into any country. Just like beer is legal and does not have to be smuggled anywhere. Kind of a lame statement. Mexico wants to produce more tobacco but they are not very good at it. They do produce sufficient quantities for their own consumers here in Mexico. With the current income in Mexico it would be hard to pay for cigarettes and beer, which would be the first choice here on a limited budget.

      Here are the countries that produce the most tobbaco.

      Country Production (Metric tonnes) Percentage of World Total

      1 China 2,079,950 mt 36.4%
      2 India 592,000 mt 10.3%
      3 Brazil 551,250 mt 9.6%
      4 United States 358,363 mt 6.2%
      5 Malawi 124,301 mt 2.1%

      The USA is just 6.2 % of the total production in the world. Better get your facts straight Tony.

      If you think the the USA is forcing Mexicans to smoke cigarettes you need to read this link.

      https://books.google.com.mx/books?id=VHdZw2zOuzoC&pg=PA159&lpg=PA159&dq=where+do+Mexican+cigarette+companies+get+their+tobacco+from.&source=bl&ots=cA01SV0Z9X&sig=pP2gssO0zEakEKQq3Yu7jOCMrmk&hl=es-419&sa=X&ved=0CFIQ6AEwBmoVChMI2vO5iOOXxwIVBKSICh2zawL0#v=onepage&q=where%20do%20Mexican%20cigarette%20companies%20get%20their%20tobacco%20from.&f=false

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    3. Totally agree. I think China should come over and crush the Malboro industry. They're poisoning our populace.

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    4. Because tobacco is a choice. Where the heck this come from? One thing about tobacco compared to the crap this site talks about, drugs can cause people to kill other people for money and quick fixes. No one is running around beheading and robbing people for a cigarette. You are so off the record. As far as Mr. Percentage on the tobacco production. Have you looked at the income. The quality of China and the other countries are poor. US has a better tobacco quality as well as sells internationally.However beer in other countries like Germany is higher proof. Takes less to get drunk. Yet cost much more.

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    5. And if my facts aren't straight....? Tobacco is a legal drug. One of the most addicting if not the most addicting. Kills millions worldwide. USA taxes and profits from this drug. Lots of children get hooked but die much later from this legal drug. Take that Marlboro man. T.M.

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  21. Both governments don't want him caught. If America really wanted him they could put so much pressure on Mexico it's not even funny, and it's not worth it for Mexico as he makes to much money.

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  22. Are any of you clueless folks that are saying how nice he is actually from Mexico? His cartel kills just like all of them, be it big or small scale. His cartel sent men into Arizona to behead a guy for stealing from them. Hell with him. I am happy that the US involved Interpol and did it first. That means if caught in any country other than Mexico, the US has first dibs despite what any of you cheerleaders in Mexico say. So it is safe to say he will remain there with all of you, killing your families to make money to pay his killers. How stupid can a person be to find this normal?

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    1. 2:34 no, we are not all from mexico, lucky you, living next door to el chapo to witness all his imaginary and real crimes...
      --I am sure you are jealous of his many women too, what is wrong with you? Is it that your enchiladas no tienen queso?

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  23. The guy shouldn't have been stealing. Wont be stealing no more.

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    1. So what happen to caro !he's as quiet as a church mouse!

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