Mexico intensifies crackdown on Drug Lords

The capture of these rival drug lords only ease many suspicions that the government authorities are only targetting one group while leaving the other alone. Accordingly during the pursuit of these drug lords, the authorities noted that they just surrendered when they were surrounded with no fight.

These criminals did not resist when surrounded, Navy spokesman Read Admiral Jose Luis Vergara said during an interview. He was referring to the arrest of Sergio Villareal Barraga of the Beltran-Leyva cartel.

It was reported that Villareal was captured by more or less 30 Mexican marines without even firing a shot during the raid in a house located at the central state of Puebla. This was the result of the follow up operations after the U.S.-born drug trafficker Edgar Valdez Villareal alias "La Barbie" was captured last August 30. He also did not resist when arrested by the police.

This recent development is a very sensible attitude by these criminals not to put up resistance. unlike two earlier drug capos, Arturo Beltran Leyva and Ignacio Coronel, who were killed when trying to fight it off with the pursuing marines and soldiers.

This unabated crackdown of criminals only sends a message to the gangs that the government is serious in its fight against the drug cartels of the country, and it has the superior force to stop them, which is why they are not resisting arrests. Federal police reported that they were able to seize 29 rifles, about 58,000 rounds of ammunitions, and 90 grenades when they raided a safehouse located at the northern Gulf coast state of Tamaulipas.

On the other hand, 13 unidentified bodies were discovered buried in a clandestine grave in Morelos state a few days ago. Authorities believed they are all victims of the feud of the drug cartels in the area.

Since the start of President Felipe Calderon's offensive against drug cartels after assumption of office in 2006, more than 28,000 people have reportedly died in drug-related atrocities.