Thread: Cartel arrest raises Juárez alert level

Cartel arrest raises Juárez alert level

By Diana Washington Valdez / El Paso Times
Posted: 04/04/2009 11:00:00 AM MDT

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The capture of alleged Mexican drug cartel leader Vicente Carrillo Leyva prompted the Juárez mayor to place police in the city on alert.
Mexican officials said they feared that cartel operatives could respond to Carrillo Leyva's arrest with acts of retaliation. "The mayor has asked law enforcement officers on patrol to exercise extreme caution," said a statement issued by Chihuahua Joint Operation officials.
Juárez Mayor Jose Reyes Ferriz, who's received death threats, ordered the alert after Mexican federal officials announced Carrillo Leyva's arrest.
Carrillo Leyva, considered the No. 2 man in the Juárez cartel, was arrested Wednes day while jogging in Mexico City. Officials who presented him at a news conference Thursday said he had changed his appearance through plastic surgery.
His uncle, Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, the cartel's chief leader, is wanted in the United States in connection with drug-trafficking and several homicides.
Carrillo Leyva's father, Amado Carrillo Fuentes, reportedly died after plastic surgery in 1997.
Nearly 2,000 people have been killed in Juárez since 2008, and authorities attribute most of the deaths to warring drug cartels.
More than 10,000 soldiers and federal agents are helping state and city police patrol Juárez streets.
Diana Washington Valdez may be reached at dvaldez@elpasotimes.com; 546-6140.
http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_12068195

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