Friday July 24, 2009, 5:03 am
" So it was rather unusual for Jose Alberto Lopez Barron to speak to journalists shouting at him during a police lineup Wednesday, opening up a new window on how his reputed cartel operates.

Lopez Barron was arrested this week in connection with the torture and killings of 12 federal police agents in Michoacan state July 13.

Mexican federal officials say Lopez Barron, also known as "El Gordo," is one of the top leaders of La Familia Michoacana, a drug cartel blamed for a rash of violence that has left at least 18 federal agents and two soldiers dead since July 11.

Speaking in a calm manner, Lopez Barron said that even if the cartel acted outside the law, it operates in an orderly manner and under rules that not only cartel members have to obey, but also residents in Arteaga, one of the cities the cartel controls.

"You can't go around shooting off guns," Lopez Barron said. "You can't go around killing people, not only us but for the whole town. You can't speed in your vehicle. You can't traffick any kinds of drugs without telling us first."

Anyone who wants to sell drugs, he said, has to go through the Familia Michoacana."

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Friday July 24, 2009, 6:55 pm
Weakest Link... lets hope the chain of these mafia groups will be broken and all links severed...

Saturday July 25, 2009, 2:32 am
"You can't go around shooting off guns," Lopez Barron said. "You can't go around killing people, not only us but for the whole town. You can't speed in your vehicle. You can't traffick any kinds of drugs without telling us first."

And the I guess its okay as long as they know..How sad..how stupid..and arrogant can one be..

Indeed..hope they all go down..