Will Ross
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That's your moment of glory, right? I have a couple little moments of glory. Did they mind you shooting here?
That's your moment of glory, right? I have a couple little moments of glory. Did they mind you shooting here?
No, they didn't mind at all.
No, they didn't mind at all.
I love being the location manager, but it's fun to be in the movie and have a few lines and do some work with the actors. I love acting as well. So, yeah, it was so appreciative that he threw me in there.
I love being the location manager, but it's fun to be in the movie and have a few lines and do some work with the actors. I love acting as well. So, yeah, it was so appreciative that he threw me in there.
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The extradition of 29 people from Mexico to the United States in and of itself is historic. There are many who say this is the biggest extradition of its kind in the history of Mexico's brutal and relentless drug war. But more than the simple number, I think what stands out are some of the names of those involved. They include, for example, Miguel Ángel Treviño and his brother Oscar Omar Treviño.
The extradition of 29 people from Mexico to the United States in and of itself is historic. There are many who say this is the biggest extradition of its kind in the history of Mexico's brutal and relentless drug war. But more than the simple number, I think what stands out are some of the names of those involved. They include, for example, Miguel Ángel Treviño and his brother Oscar Omar Treviño.
They are the founding members of Los Zetas cartel, known as Zeta Cuarenta and Zeta Cuarenta y Dos, respectively. They ran a criminal empire that had its finger in many, many different pies. Cocaine trafficking... People smuggling, extortion, kidnapping, a whole range of different criminal activities before it eventually lost its power and essentially splintered and fractured in the mid-2010s.
They are the founding members of Los Zetas cartel, known as Zeta Cuarenta and Zeta Cuarenta y Dos, respectively. They ran a criminal empire that had its finger in many, many different pies. Cocaine trafficking... People smuggling, extortion, kidnapping, a whole range of different criminal activities before it eventually lost its power and essentially splintered and fractured in the mid-2010s.
They are important figures in the history of Mexico's drug war. But another name in the group of 29 that has been extradited is perhaps even more significant, Rafael Caro Quintero. Now, he was one of the founding members of the Guadalajara cartel, an absolute linchpin in how drug trafficking in Mexico was carried out.
They are important figures in the history of Mexico's drug war. But another name in the group of 29 that has been extradited is perhaps even more significant, Rafael Caro Quintero. Now, he was one of the founding members of the Guadalajara cartel, an absolute linchpin in how drug trafficking in Mexico was carried out.
He is wanted in the United States in connection with the murder of a DEA agent in 1985, Enrique Quique Camarena. He was arrested at the time and served around 28 years in Mexico before eventually being released. However, he was still wanted in the U.S. The Obama administration was very disappointed that he was allowed to be released by the Mexican authorities. He is now in his 70s.
He is wanted in the United States in connection with the murder of a DEA agent in 1985, Enrique Quique Camarena. He was arrested at the time and served around 28 years in Mexico before eventually being released. However, he was still wanted in the U.S. The Obama administration was very disappointed that he was allowed to be released by the Mexican authorities. He is now in his 70s.
He was recaptured in 2022 and is now on U.S. soil. So the broader question is why is all of this happening and perhaps why now? Well, I think we need look no further than the push by the Trump administration to the government of President Claudia Sheinbaum to do more on the question of the drug war in this country, to do more in terms of cross-border cooperation in security.
He was recaptured in 2022 and is now on U.S. soil. So the broader question is why is all of this happening and perhaps why now? Well, I think we need look no further than the push by the Trump administration to the government of President Claudia Sheinbaum to do more on the question of the drug war in this country, to do more in terms of cross-border cooperation in security.