Word: sinaloa
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While Felix Gallardo was being seized in the western state of Jalisco, Mexican army troops were used to swoop down on his hometown of Culiacan, the capital of the northwestern state of Sinaloa, and arrested every police officer on the force...
...about 80 officers were released, but those still held included the police chief and the chief of the Sinaloa state police, a federal official said...
...regret that people who have a responsibility to society have become involved in these events," said Sinaloa Governor Francisco Labastida Ochoa...
...extremely potent: often 60% or 70% pure heroin. Conventional heroin, on the other hand, sells on the street at about $2.32 per mg and is rarely more than 6% pure. The Federal Drug Enforcement Administration has prepared a report citing the Mexican states of Sonora, Durango, Sinaloa and Guerrero as the main source of the new drug form. So far, black tar (also known as tootsie roll and Mexican mud) is most prevalent in the Western U.S., where it has produced an alarming increase in lethal overdoses. In Phoenix, authorities say, black tar has led to a fivefold increase...
...drug traffickers are easily identifiable in Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa state, mainly because they are among the people who can afford expensive American cars with four-wheel drive to make it through the Sierra Madre Occidental for their treasure. The bosses dominate the local culture to such an extent that after a recent mountain shootout in which one soldier and twelve civilians were killed, local chiefs called in friendly newsmen to report the incident as a case of government brutality inflicted upon defenseless civilians. For printing the story, the reporters received about $450 apiece...