Mexico drug slayings show cartel's woes

Published: Oct. 6, 2008 at 3:07 PM People who read this also read ... TIJUANA, Mexico, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- The slayings of 57 gang members in Tijuana, Mexico, in recent weeks is a sign of the breakup of the city's Arellano Felix drug organization, authorities say. The Tijuana cartel, named for the Arellano Felix brothers, has ruled the city's lucrative drug trafficking business for two decades, but is now fractured and facing deadly attacks from other contenders, The Los Angeles Times reported Monday. "We are now seeing the tail end" of the Arellano Felix organization, John Kirby, a former federal prosecutor in San Diego,... [read full story]                    

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