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Article: VIOLENT CONFRONTATIONS AMONG DRUG CARTELS EXTEND TO LA PALMA FEDERAL PENITENTIARY; THREE MURDERS REPORTED IN 2004.
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- SourceMex Economic News & Analysis on Mexico
- Article date:
- January 12, 2005
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Mexico's powerful drug cartels have taken their violent confrontations to the country's federal penitentiaries, resulting in the deaths of three prominent drug traffickers in the past year. The latest casualty was Arturo Guzman Loera, known as El Pollo, who was shot seven times in an area of La Palma prison set aside for inmates to talk with their attorneys. The incident occurred on Dec. 31, 2004.
The victim is the brother of fugitive Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, one of the leaders of the Sinaloa cartel. Authorities suspect the Tijuana cartel may have ordered the murder of Arturo Guzman. The two cartels have been engaged in a violent feud for several years, with ...
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Article: Disputan la Palma.(Anuario 2005)
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January 5, 2006 ;
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... ... internos del penal de mxima seguridad de La Palma, en orden y bien uniformados, son sacados ... red de corrupcin entre el personal de La Palma, que lleva al asesinato, el ltimo da ... militares y agentes de la PFP y la PGR toman La Palma y se declara el estado de alerta. Derivado ...
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