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Gulf Cartel Will Likely Survive Arrest of High-Level Leaders

Wed, 09/19/2012 - 12:11am

Gulf Cartel will Likely Survive Arrest of High-level Leaders(link is external)

Nathan Jones

Baker Institute Blog

Friday, September 14, 2012

The history of major arrests of Mexican drug “cartel” leaders during the administration of President Felipe Calderón (2006-December 2012) indicates that despite important apprehensions, many Mexican organized crime groups prove resilient. Thus, the arrests this week by Mexico’s Marines of two long-time high-level leaders of the Gulf cartel are not likely to decimate the organization.

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