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Jesus Alfredo Salazar Ramirez, Lieutenant To 'Chapo' Guzman, Arrested In Mexico

Associated Press
11/04/12 07:53 PM ET EST



MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's army arrested a lieutenant to Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman who they believe ordered the killing of anti-violence activist Nepomuceno Moreno, authorities said Sunday.

Mexico's defense department said Jesus Alfredo Salazar Ramirez was arrested in Huixquilucan in Mexico state on Thursday, and that there is an arrest order for him issued by a court in Texas for intent to distribute cocaine.

A department statement called Salazar one of Guzman's most important lieutenants, and alleged that he ran drug planting, production and trafficking operations for the cartel.

He is also accused of ordering the November 2011 killing of Moreno, a 56-year-old sidewalk seafood vendor who became one of the most visible faces of Mexico's anti-crime movement after his 18-year-old son Jorge Mario disappeared.

Saying masked police had snatched his son, Moreno pleaded his case directly to President Felipe Calderon last month in a meeting with members of poet Javier Sicilia's Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity.

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You can't blame Moreno for protesting the disappearance of his son. It's whack-a-mole and these guys move up by gaining trust, not expertise. The narcos are pulling the political and security strings and there will be no peace for the Mexican people until everyone gets whatever it is they want. Presumably that is just "more"; more money, more power- more everything. They never seem to get any pleasure from it though, which is sad. All the greed-filled death and no one on either side of the equation is ever happy. Not even if the narcos get 100% control of Mexico will they be happy, they will want Australia and Europe. Mexico is just a square on the game board.