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New Video Alert! Yung JB - Road To Success (Dir. By @geohvision)

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on June 28, 2019 at 2:15pm

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Fresh off the release of a visual for "Don't Fail Me Now," Yung JB, is right back with a new one for "Road To Success."

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New Video Alert! Yung JB - Don't Fail Me Now (Dir. By @geohvision)

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on June 26, 2019 at 9:38am

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Bronx, New York native Yung JB is heavy on his grind as he drops his third new visual in less than two weeks. This one is for "Don't Fail Me Now."

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New Video Alert! Yung JB - City Of Dreams (Dir. By @geohvision)

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on June 23, 2019 at 7:23pm

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Check out Yung JB's new visuals for "City of Dreams."

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I will not fight TJ Dillashaw again amid failed drug test – Henry Cejudo | Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show (Video)

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on March 25, 2019 at 2:48pm

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UFC flyweight champion Henry Cejudo joins Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show to react to TJ Dillashaw reliquinshing his bantamweight championship due to a failed drug test. Cejudo says he feels sad about this news and he would never fight Dillashaw again. Henry breaks down that before Dillashaw failed this test, the plan for the UFC was to in fact have a rematch with TJ over the summer (4:39). Cejudo reveals the next plan for him is to fight Marlon Moraes for the bantamweight title at UFC 238 in Chicago (5:46). Cejudo delivers a strong message to Moraes stating that he isn’t afraid of him and will shut his “lights out” (8:44). Cejudo adds that it looks like the UFC flyweight division is sticking around and calls himself the ‘flyweight savior of the world” (10:14). Cejudo describes what it meant for him to go back to the NCAA Wrestling championships and what the reception was like for him (15:19).

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New Video Alert! Yung JB - Stand Up (Dir. By GeohVision)

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on January 2, 2019 at 4:40pm

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Yung JB's work ethic is unmatched right now. The Bronx, New York spitter continues to cranks out new music and visuals at an incredible rate. Today he blesses his fans with an official music video for "Stand Up."

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New Video Alert! Yung JB - Inception Freestyle

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on December 25, 2018 at 3:52pm

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Fresh out the Trap We bring to you Take Money Yung JB who've been putting on for "The X" BX to be exact for countless Years .. Salute to the entire Take Money and a forever RIP TMONEY.

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New Video Alert! Yung JB - What's Free (Freestyle)

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on December 14, 2018 at 2:23pm

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Yung JB is grinding hard in the booth to crank out new music. His latest joint is called "What's Free" freestyle.

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New Video Alert! Yung JB - Wins & Losses (Freestyle)

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on December 14, 2018 at 3:03pm

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Check out Yung JB's "Wins & Losses" freestyle.

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O.J. Mayo Booted From The NBA For Violation Of Drug Policy (Video)

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on July 1, 2016 at 3:35pm

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(USA Today) Veteran NBA guard O.J. Mayo has been dismissed and disqualified from the league for violating the terms of the NBA/NBPA Anti-Drug Program, the league announced Friday afternoon.

Under the Anti-Drug Program, Mayo is eligible to apply for reinstatement in two years.

No further details regarding his dismissal were provided. Per league rules, the NBA, NBA teams and the Players Association aren't allowed to publicly disclose information regarding the Anti-Drug program, other than to announce a player's suspension or league dismissal.

However, the NBA's collective bargaining agreement — which is a public document — lists the following "drugs of abuse" as prohibited substances: amphetamines and its analogs, cocaine, LSD, opiates (heroin, codeine and morphine), and PCP.

According to the CBA's penalties, a player who tests positive for drugs of abuse will be dismissed and disqualified from the league. The length of the dismissal and disqualification (two years) is mandatory, and "may not be rescinded or reduced by the player’s team or NBA.”

However, according to the CBA, reinstatement isn't guaranteed.

“Reinstatement shall be granted only with the prior approval of both the NBA and the Players Association, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. The approval of the NBA and the Players Association shall rest in their absolute and sole discretion, and their decision shall be final, binding, and unappealable."

When determining whether or not to grant reinstatement, the NBA and the NBPA consider (without limitation):

"The circumstances surrounding the player’s dismissal and disqualification; whether the player has satisfactorily completed a treatment and rehabilitation program; the player’s conduct since his dismissal, including the extent to which the player has since comported himself as a suitable role model for youth; and whether the player is judged to possess the requisite qualities of good character and morality.”

Memphis Grizzlies power forward Chris Andersen was the last player to receive a ban from the NBA for using drugs of abuse in 2006. He returned to the league in March of 2008.

Mayo — who spent the past three seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks — averaged 7.8 points and 2.9 assists in 41 games last season. He was selected with the third overall pick in the first round of the 2008 draft, and has career averages of 13.8 points and 2.9 assists.

He is 28 years old and will be eligible for reinstatement before the 2019-20 NBA season.

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Blac Youngsta @BlacYoungstaFB - Young & Reckless (Mixtape Stream/Download)

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on March 17, 2016 at 9:51am

Memphis rapper and Collective Music Goup recording artist, Blac Youngsta, drops off his "Young & Reckless" mixtape. Blac rides solo with no features on the project. Production credits go to Murder Beatz, Tayerrific, Greedy Money, Tay Keith, Cheeze Beats and more. Download it now from Datpiff http://www.datpiff.com/Blac-Youngsta-Young-Reckless-mixtape.772999.html.

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4.Ratchet Prod By Taberes
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6.Catch A Body Prod By Tay Keith
7.Lil Nigga Prod By Tay Keith
8.Smell The Hate Prod By Cheeze Beats
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10.Understand Prod By Tayerrific
11.All Of My Niggas Prod By Tay Keith
12.Hold It Down Prod By Tayerrific

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Troy Ave @TroyAve Ft. @YoungLito & Manola Rose - All About The Money (Official Music Video)

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on November 6, 2014 at 4:02pm

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Troy Ave links up with director Llama to film an official music video for his buzzing single "All About the Money."

The Roofeo-produced track features Manolo Rose and Brick Star Boyz recording artist Young Lito.

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Lil Eto @FireArmE - Drug Money (Troy Ave/G-Unit Remix) Listen/Download (@TANBOYS)

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on October 18, 2014 at 10:30am

Cold Summers Entertainment CEO, Lil Eto is putting the finishing touches on his album entitled The Gold. The Tanboys member takes a break long enough to record a remix to Troy Ave's "All About the Money" x G-Unit's "All About The Drug Money" freestyle.

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G-Unit - All About The Drug Money @TroyAve Remix @50Cent, @TonyYayo, @YoungBuck, @LloydBanks, @ItsKiddKidd

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on October 10, 2014 at 12:00pm

Lloyd Banks, 50 Cent, Tony Yayo, Young Buck and Kidd Kidd keep the heat coming. Listen to the G-Unit crew's remix of Troy Ave, Young Lito and Manolo Rose's banger "All About The Money."

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Caught On Tape: FBI 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Jose Saenz Executes Gangster Buddy Oscar Torres For Coming Up $600,000 Short On Cocaine Money

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 15, 2010 at 11:30am

Video After The Jump Twelve years ago, Jose Saenz was an LAUSD dropout and run-of-the-mill tagger known on the Eastside as Smiley, a nod to how much he enjoyed flashing his trademark brilliant grin. One day at age 22, he sidled up to two Eastside gangsters, pretending to be friend not foe. When Smiley got within point-blank range, he blew both young men away. Eleven days later, worried about a Prizzi's Honor-style scenario, Smiley grew convinced that those closest to him knew too much. He raped and executed his former girlfriend, mother of his two-year-old baby girl, and, horribly, left her ravaged body sprawled in his grandmother's bedroom.

Sigreda Fernandez pictured w/Smiley's baby. Murdered because he thought she knew too much And then Smiley vanished -- to Mexico, the FBI says, where he morphed from a Cuatro Flats gang member to a Mexican cartel drug soldier. Many facts about what unfolded inside Mexico are unknown. Smiley rose to operate in international drug smuggling circles. He sometimes used Tijuana bars as a base, crossing to the U.S. regularly with a bogus Mexican passport to do business with his gangster buddy Oscar Torres, owner of a Los Angeles Hummer limo service. But Oscar, a high-stakes drug dealer himself, ended up on Smiley's kill list after cops in a small Missouri town pulled Oscar over one day in 2008, searched his car, found $600,000 in hidden cash -- and then, incredibly, let Oscar go without trying to figure out what he was up to. The cash, however, stayed in Missouri. L.A. Weekly has obtained this video footage of the gruesome execution style killing of Oscar by Saenz. The shadowy, ethereal black and white surveillance video shows Saenz looking giddy and rubbing his hands gleefully before he is seen chasing Torres outside his two-bedroom home in the Pellissier Village Equestrian District in Whittier and executing him.

L.A. Weekly also obtained a copy of this song, "Bad Things," produced by Bogart Bello under his label Lott Records. The song is an homage to Bello's East Los Angeles gang called the Lott. Bello was found dead with a bag over his head in his car in a suburb of Los Angeles. Police believe FBI 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Jose Saenz may be responsible for his mysterious death. Listen and download the song by clicking below.

Video of Smiley Executing Oscar Torres

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Jose "Smiley" Saenz Source: L.A. Weekly

Lindsay Lohan Denied Bail, Sent Back To Jail Over Failed Drug Tests

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 24, 2010 at 11:30am

She braced for consequences, and she got them. Lindsay Lohan is headed back to jail a third time – and this may be the longest stay – after failing a mandatory drug test. In a hearing Friday, the judge in her DUI case denied bail for the actress and ordered her held in custody until an Oct. 22 hearing. Lohan, 24, made no comment and looked stunned as she stood up, was handcuffed and led away by sheriff's deputies out a side door. Lohan tested dirty about three weeks after being released early from inpatient rehab at UCLA Medical Center on Aug. 24. "This was certainly a setback for me but I am taking responsibility for my actions and I'm prepared to face the consequences," she Tweeted last week. She previously completed 13 full days of a 30-day sentence in a Lynwood, Calif., jail on Aug. 2 after she violated probation in her DUI case. Source: People

Lindsay Lohan Visits Probation Officer Wearing Sheer T-Shirt & No Bra? [24 Pics Inside]

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on August 29, 2010 at 7:30pm

Lindsay Lohan is newly liberated from rehab and ready to get her career back on track we hope. Paparazzi caught up with her as she went to visit her probation officer Friday (August 27) at the Santa Monica Courthouse. Linds chose to wear short cut off jeans, a sheer t-shirt with no bra and a flannel shirt she barely bothered to keep closed. Later she is seen, even more relaxed as she dumps the flannel shirt completely and lets it all hang out while getting gas for her Maserati.

Niacin and Drug Test Passing Now Unmasked

Posted by Jayce Richardson on August 6, 2010 at 9:15am

There is an emerging number of unverified claims on excessive consumption of niacin and drug test passing. Essentially, those claims emphasize that too much amount of niacin in the bloodstreams promotes quicker disposal of compounds used in detecting drug abuse.

Fraudulent and unfounded claims

A growing number of testimonials, many being readily available online, illustrate that niacin helps the body easily flush out compounds targeted by drug testing procedures. Drug tests are designed to identify presence of specific compounds taken from use or consumption of prohibited substances.

If one is contemplating about fooling the highly sophisticated laboratory procedures involved in drug tests, it is helpful to give those claims a second thought. Majority of medical literature indicates otherwise.

Briefly about niacin

Niacin belongs to vitamin B complex group. Specifically, it is referred to as vitamin B3 or nicotinic acid. It is an essential organic compound used in many nutritional supplements to combat pellagra, a vitamin B3 deficiency disease.

People diagnosed with cardiovascular diseases are recommended to supplement their niacin intake. Although found in various food sources, many people are not getting enough niacin, resulting to reduced autoimmune system performance.

Cardiovascular disease is just one form of coronary heart disease. In the United States these days, one American dies from any form of coronary heart disease. Most fatal of them is atherosclerosis or the inflammation of the arterial linings.

Atherosclerosis is caused by the gradual accumulation of plaques, mostly comprised of blood clots from excess macrophage white blood cells and LDL or "bad" cholesterol. Niacin has been shown to alleviate arterial inflammation by reducing the amount of LDL cholesterol in the blood. Consequently, it has also been certified as essential in increasing the level of HDL or the so-called HDL cholesterols in the bloodstream.

To date, there is no foolproof clinical evidence showing that niacin is able to allow someone pass a drug test. Most common body fluid sample used in drug testing are urine and blood, although sweat and saliva are also used to detect presence of prohibited substances in the body.

Most common form of drug abuse is the use of marijuana and cocaine. Majority of drug dependents use marijuana because of its relatively cheap price.

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Police chemists conducting drug tests among marijuana dependents aim to detect the presence of tetrahydracanabinol or THC, which is commonly found in marijuana leaves. Those unfounded claims gear to recommend excessive consumption of niacin per se because this vitamin B variant aids the body if getting rid of THC from the blood and urine very quickly. Well, scientific evidences establish the contrary.

Aside from the increased risk of being detected anyway, those consuming too much niacin are also at the risk of acquiring overdose-related bodily conditions and disorders. Too much amount of niacin in the body has been found to cause chronic irritation of the gastrointestinal tracts. In worst cases, liver damage will be caused due to harmful and powerful reactions of niacin on the liver synthesis.

Nutritional supplements should be properly taken in. They are designed to augment what is lacking or missing from regular diet. Continued decline in the quality of modern food lifestyle led to severe malnutrition and nutrient deficiency. These have serious complications to one's over-all health condition.

Needless to say, niacin and saliva detox kit should be taken because it is specifically needed to address various ailments or to prevent them from being acquired, on the first place. Niacin is not a drug test passport.

Mexican Marines Kill Mexico's # 3 Most Wanted Drug Kingpin, The "Boss Of Bosses" After Bloody 2 Hour Gun Battle

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on December 17, 2009 at 3:00pm

Videos After The Jump CUERNAVACA, Mexico - Two hundred Mexican Navy marines stormed an upscale apartment complex and killed a reputed drug cartel chief in a two-hour gunbattle, one of the biggest victories yet in President Felipe Calderon's drug war. Arturo Beltran Leyva, the "boss of bosses," and six members of his cartel died in the shootout Wednesday in Cuernavaca, just south of Mexico City, according to a navy statement Thursday. The body of one cartel member was found on the ground outside the third-floor apartment, after he apparently committed suicide during the shootout. Cartel gunmen hurled grenades that killed one marine and wounded two others, one of whom is in serious condition, the navy said. Two women and one man were detained during the raid, and five assault weapons were seized. An Associated Press reporter at the scene heard at least 10 explosions during the firefight, which residents said lasted at least 90 minutes. Witnesses said the raid began when marines rappelled down ropes onto the roofs of some of the apartment buildings at dusk. Reporters were briefly allowed inside the apartment where Beltran Leyva's body still lay early Thursday; his skull and one arm were mangled by bullet wounds, and in one hand he clutched a large gold-colored medallion.

Arturo Beltran Leyva "First they were asked to surrender, but they didn't yield and they opened fire," said one of the ski-masked marines who participated in the raid, and who was not authorized to give his name. President Felipe Calderon, speaking from the Copenhagen climate summit, said "this action represents an important achievement for the government and people of Mexico, and a resounding blow against one of the most dangerous criminal organizations in Mexico, and on the continent." Calderon described Beltran Leyva as "one of the three most-wanted" drug suspects in Mexico. By most estimates, the other two — both still at large — are Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman and Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada.

Mexican soldiers escort an unidentified man during his presentation to the press in Mexico City, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009. The suspect was arrested during an operation Wednesday in Cuernavaca, Mexico where, according to navy officials, drug cartel chief Arturo Beltran Leyva and three members of his cartel were slain in the shootout with sailors. (AP Photo/Miguel Tovar) Evacuations before attack Residents of the apartment complex said the raid appeared carefully planned. Sailors went door-to-door before the gun battle to quietly evacuate residents to the gym. Beltran Leyva is the highest-ranking figure taken down under Calderon, who has deployed more than 45,000 troops across Mexico to crush the cartels since taking office in December 2006. Mexico's navy often has been used in the battle as well. The offensive has earned Calderon praise from Washington even as 14,000 people have been killed in a wave of drug-related violence. Beltran Leyva had narrowly escaped attempts to arrest him in recent months, including a Friday raid on an alleged drug cartel holiday party at a mansion in the town of Tepotzlan, near Cuernavaca, where authorities killed three alleged Beltran Leyva cartel members and detained 11. They also detained Ramon Ayala, a Texas-based norteno singer whose band was playing at the party, on suspicion of ties to organized crime. His lawyer, Adolfo Vega, denied Ayala had ties to the Beltran Leyva gang, saying the singer didn't know his clients were drug traffickers. The last time Mexican authorities killed a major drug lord was in 2002, when Ramon Arellano Felix of the Tijuana Cartel was shot by a police officer in the Sinaloa resort of Mazatlan.

One of five brothers Beltran Leyva was one of five brothers from the Pacific coast state of Sinaloa who once worked side by side with Guzman, the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel. The brothers split with Guzman several years ago and aligned themselves with Los Zetas, a group of former soldiers hired by the rival Gulf Cartel as hit men. The split is believed to have fueled much of Mexico's bloodshed of recent years. One of the brothers, Alfredo Beltran Leyva, was arrested in January 2008. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration says the Beltran Leyva cartel has smuggled tons of cocaine into the United States, as well as large quantities of heroin. The Mexican government had offered a $2.1 million reward for Beltran Leyva's capture. U.S. officials say the Beltran Leyva Cartel has carried out heinous killings, including numerous beheadings of rival traffickers or kidnappers invading what the gang considered its turf. The gang also has had great success in buying off public officials, including employees of the federal police and prosecutors, to protect their business and get tips on planned military raids. Beheadings U.S. officials say the Beltran Leyva Cartel has carried out heinous killings, including numerous beheadings. The gang also has had great success in buying off public officials, police and others to protect their business and get tips on planned military raids. The U.S government added Beltran Leyva and his cartel to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act last year, a movement that denied him access to the U.S. financial system. The state of Morelos, where Cuernavaca is located, and neighboring Guerrero have seen a spike in violence in recent months, with dozens of people killed. Some of the mutilated bodies have appeared with pieces of paper signed "Boss of Bosses," Beltran Leyva's nickname.

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CNN's Michael Ware Investigates Mexico's Cartels "The Drug War Next Door"

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on August 6, 2009 at 7:05am

La Familia cartel kills 12 federal agents in Mexico drug war attack

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on July 15, 2009 at 11:00pm

TimesOnline Reports A powerful Mexican drug cartel has unleashed a killing spree against the authorities in a challenge to the leadership of the President in his home state. The bodies of a dozen federal anti-drug agents were found on a mountain highway in Michoacán, the home state of Felipe Calderón, on Monday. The killing of the agents was the worst loss of life in a single attack since President Calderón took office in 2006, taking the war between the narcotics gangs and the Government into uncharted territory. Their murders were the boldest of at least ten reprisal attacks since Arnoldo Rueda Medina, nicknamed La Minsa, was arrested on Saturday. He is reputedly the second-in-command of La Familia cartel in Michoacán. The surge in violence marks a potential shift in Mexico’s drug wars, which have claimed 11,000 lives during the presidency of Mr Calderón, who ordered the army to intervene. Ciro Gomez Leyva, a columnist for the newspaper Milenio, described the killings as a Mexican version of the Tet offensive in Vietnam in 1968. “In the war against the narcos, Saturday, July 11, seems like a kind of Tet offensive, the synchronised action by South Vietnamese guerrillas and the North Vietnamese Army against US troops at the end of January 1968 that, despite being characterised as a military disaster, created the perception that the otherwise invincible US Army would never win in Vietnam,” he wrote. The perception that the war against drugs is being lost is pervasive. A poll published in Milenio said that only 28 per cent of Mexicans believed that the Government was winning, and more than half thought that it was losing. Mr Calderón said: “The criminals will not be able to intimidate the federal Government. In this battle we will not give up, we will not hesitate, because what is at stake is Mexico’s peace and safety.” Michoacán, on the Pacific coast, has become a battleground because it controls routes into the United States. It is also one of Mexico’s main producers of marijuana, opium poppies and synthetic drugs. Mr Rueda was arrested in the Michoacán capital, Morelia. He is allegedly the right-hand-man to the reputed boss, Nazario Moreno Gonzalez, known as El Mas Loco, or the Craziest One. Within hours of the arrest, gunmen from La Familia, armed with rifles and grenades, ambushed federal forces in seven cities. Some of the attacks took place near tourist sites such as the arts-and-crafts centre of Patzcuaro and Zitacuaro, which is famous for its monarch butterflies. In the most brutal attack, eleven men and one woman agent were abducted while off duty. Their bodies were found stacked on the highway with death threats that read: “La Familia, join its ranks or leave” and “Let’s see if you try to arrest another one”. La Familia has penetrated the power structure, allegedly obtaining protection from police and politicians. Seven mayors, one former mayor and a state prosecutor are being held after a federal police sweep of allegedly corrupt politicians in May. An arrest warrant has been issued for Julio Godoy, the half brother of a state Governor. Mr Godoy was elected to Congress last week as a member of the Democratic Revolution Party. Analysts said that the killings were not necessarily a sign of the cartel’s strength, but were an escalation of the battle to contain them. “This marks an important change in the drug war in that they are attacking federal forces directly,” Jorge Chabat, a drug expert, said. “It also suggests the capture of this person has affected the operations of the cartel. It was a major blow and this is a reaction out of weakness, not strength.” In separate Mexican drug violence, six gunmen were killed on Tuesday in the northern city of Monterrey. Gunmen killed the mayor of Namiquipa in Coahuila and four police officers were kidnapped in Piedras Negras. In Tabasco state on the Gulf coast, prosecutors charged five alleged Gulf cartel hitmen with allegedly killing two policemen and eighteen of their relatives in February and May. A drugs trade worth billions and severed heads on the dance floor • Every year Mexican cartels smuggle illegal drugs worth about $40 billion (£24 billion) into the United States, the world’s biggest market for narcotics. Mexico is a major source of heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana — and a key transit country for the vast amounts of cocaine that are transported over the border • In 2008, 6,000 people died in drug violence in Mexico, according to President Calderón — almost double the 3,042 deaths that were recorded in 2007 • About 95 per cent of the killings were carried out using firearms from the US. Most of the drug violence takes place in a few cities near the US border, with drugs and people being trafficked to the north, and weapons to the south • In December 2006, Mr Calderón announced the deployment of 36,000 troops to work with the federal police to fight the drug trade in nine states. The police are widely accused of corruption • 53 per cent of Mexicans think the Government is losing the war with the drug cartels, according to a 2008 poll in a Mexican newspaper • La Familia cartel achieved notoriety in 2006 when a member walked into a bar and threw five severed heads on to the dance floor Sources: Reuters, Council on Foreign Relations

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