Hell it's all about money ain't it? Peace, Doc
On Mar 14, 8:10 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > From: *Travis* > Date: Fri, Mar 13, 2009 > Subject: Mexico's most wanted man Joaquin 'Shorty' Guzman makes Forbes Rich > List > > Mexico's most wanted man Joaquin 'Shorty' Guzman makes Forbes Rich List > > From correspondents in Mexico City > > Reuters > > March 13, 2009 09:54am > > THE Mexican Government has condemned Forbes Magazine for putting the > country's most wanted man, a violent drug lord, on its annual list of the > world's richest people. > > Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman made the prestigious business magazine's list for > the first time on Wednesday, sharing the 701st spot with $US1 billion in > assets. The amount was based on his estimated share of drug shipments to the > United States. > > Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora accused US-based Forbes of coming to > the defense of a criminal and said it was "deplorable" for the publication > to compare Guzman with honest and law-abiding business people. > > Guzman, who is just 5 feet tall (1.55m), escaped from prison in 2001 and set > off a wave of killings across Mexico in an attempt to dominate the country's > highly lucrative drug trade into the United States. > > "I will never accept that a criminal be lauded as someone important, even by > a magazine such as Forbes," Medina Mora said. > > In an apparent reference to Guzman's inclusion in the Forbes rankings, > Mexican President Felipe Calderon > <http://search.news.com.au/search/0/?us=ndmnews&sid=23109&as=news&ac=n... > &q=Felipe%20Calderon> accused foreign magazines of "praising criminals". > > Forbes was not immediately available for comment. > > The magazine calculated that Guzman and his cartel likely grossed 20 percent > of proceeds laundered by Mexican and Colombian drug traffickers smuggling > into the United States > <http://search.news.com.au/search/0/?us=ndmnews&sid=23109&as=news&ac=n... > &q=United%20States> in 2008 - enough to give him a fortune of at least $1 > billion. > > But Mr Mora dismissed the figure. "Forbes' work is baseless and lacks all > methodological rigor. It is utterly speculative," he said. > > Guzman, 51, believed by officials to change his cell phone each day to avoid > tracking, is often compared to the late Colombian drug kingpin Pablo > Escobar, whom Forbes said amassed a $3 billion fortune before he was killed > by police in 1993. > > Guzman's ability to elude capture for eight years is an embarrassment to the > Mexican Government, which is battling to stamp out a wave of drug-related > violence that has spread across the country. > > Some 7000 people have been killed since the start of last year as rival > gangs fight each other and Mexican security forces. > > Guzman's enforcers from the cartel in the Pacific state of Sinaloa are > considered to be among the most vicious hitmen. > > __._,_.___ > Messages<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grendelreport/messages;_ylc=X3oDMTJmM2Z...> > MARKETPLACE > ------------------------------ > From kitchen basics to easy recipes - join the Group from Kraft Foods > <http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=14k0dvo1u/M=493064.12016295.13271503.1083...> > [image: Yahoo! > Groups]<http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJlYmZ0NHZnBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycEl...> > Change settings via the > Web<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grendelreport/join;_ylc=X3oDMTJna2g1YW9...>(Yahoo! > ID required) > Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily > Digest<[email protected]?subject=email+delivery:+Digest>| > Switch > format to > Traditional<[email protected]?subject=change+delivery+format:+Traditional> > Visit Your Group > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grendelreport;_ylc=X3oDMTJlb2t1OXRmBF9T...>| > Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>| Unsubscribe > <[email protected]?subject=> > Recent Activity > > - 6 > New > Members<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grendelreport/members;_ylc=X3oDMTJnMm4y...> > > Visit Your Group > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grendelreport;_ylc=X3oDMTJmOGhqM2xtBF9T...> > John McEnroe > > on Yahoo! > Groups<http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=14hkqb1hr/M=493064.12016283.12445687.8674...> > > Join him for the > > 10 Day Challenge. > Health Groups > > for people over > 40<http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=14heh3voh/M=493064.12662708.12980600.8674...> > > Join people who are > > staying in shape. > Get in Shape > > on Yahoo! > Groups<http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=14i10v52p/M=493064.12016300.12445692.1132...> > > Find a buddy > > and lose weight. > . > > __,_._,___ > > -- > *~@):~{> > > -- > *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
