NOT, about Big Red........

JUST IN CASE YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT A FALL VACATION TO CANCUN, ACAPULCO,

OR ANYWHERE DECENT IN MEXICO........THERE ISN'T ANY!

NOT LATELY, ANYWAY.

BUCKETS OF DECAPITATED HEADS FROM BODIES OF TORTURED DRUG IMPRESARIOS, PIMPS, HOOKERS, STANDERS-BY

HAVE BEEN POPPING UP ALL OVER SOME OF OUR OTHERWISE

LOVELY NEIGHBORS NICER SPOTS.

IF YOU WONDER HOW POWERFUL THE DRUG HEAVIES ARE, GET THIS DESCRIPTION OF HOW

THE KING-PINS REALLY ACT, AND HOW HIGH THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS SECURELY HAS BECOME....FROM THE TIMES OF LONDON:

STEVE

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So far, Mexico's most notorious drug overlord, Joaquín “Shorty” Guzmán, remains at large. According to popular legend, Mr Guzmán pays $2 million (£1 million) in cash wherever he stays to ensure protection, never uses a mobile phone twice, and once managed to conceal 7.3 tonnes of cocaine in cans of chilli peppers.

In another incident, he paid off a police commander with $1 million in cash and five Dodge Ram SUVs, in exchange for permission to land a cargo plane without interference.

GET THE FULL STORY @:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article4636533.ece