‘Arrests are significant’ in Mexico
The violence surrounding Mexico's drug war has been momentarily capped by a significant number of arrests.
A local drug lord, a book-keeper and 34 other suspected members of the Gulf cartel were arrested in a series of clashes that took 11 lives in Mexico City.
Ricardo Salazar Pequeno, the suspected Gulf cartel boss in Ciudad Aleman, book-keeper Gabriela Gomez Robles and others were arrested from October 5th to the 9th in the northern state of Tamaulipas, according to a Navy spokesperson who was involved in the arrests.
Authorities also captured four tons of marijuana, grenades, grenade launchers, homemade explosives, firearms and more than 18,000 cartridges, all of which are suspected to fuel violence in the disrupted city as well as contributing to the drug trade.
More than 40,000 civilians have been killed in incidents linked to organised crime since President Felipe Calderon took office in December 2006 and declared war on the powerful drug cartels.
Educators in Acapulco have been targeted by notorious the Zetas cartel in recent months and have been threatened with death if they do not give up half of their wages. Despite these threats, schools have continued to remain in operation.
