He Spread Like Humidity
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
"Perhaps the most ingenious and hardworking of these Mexican mobsters is Joaquín Guzmán Loera, better known as "El Chapo," or "Shorty." To the U.S. government, he is one of the most wanted drug dealers in the world, a fugitive with a $5 million reward on his head. In Culiacán, he is more folk hero — part Pablo Escobar, part Robin Hood, part Billy the Kid."
"We respect him," the owner of a restaurant in the town of Altata tells me. "He grew up poor, planting corn and pot. Then he took trucks with false floors filled with pot to the United States, and speedboats from the coast to California. In Mexico we have a saying: He spread like humidity."
The dead policeman is found propped against a tree off a dirt road on the outskirts of the city.
There is a note pinned to the body, a warning to anyone who dares to oppose the powerful drug lord who ordered the execution.
"I'm a cop-cowboy!" the note reads. "Ahoo-ya! There are going to be more soon!"
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"We respect him," the owner of a restaurant in the town of Altata tells me. "He grew up poor, planting corn and pot. Then he took trucks with false floors filled with pot to the United States, and speedboats from the coast to California. In Mexico we have a saying: He spread like humidity."
The dead policeman is found propped against a tree off a dirt road on the outskirts of the city. There is a note pinned to the body, a warning to anyone who dares to oppose the powerful drug lord who ordered the execution.
"I'm a cop-cowboy!" the note reads. "Ahoo-ya! There are going to be more soon!"
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