Felipe Calderon launched a war on the country'spowerful drug cartels in December 2006 Photo: AP
Mexican Police Foil Drug Cartel Plot To Kill President -- The Telegraph
Mexico's federal police force have foiled a plot by the Sinaloa drug cartel to assassinate President Felipe Calderon.
After a year-long investigation, Ramon Pequeno, head of the federal police's counter-narcotics wing, said a suspect had been arrested on and was charged with plotting to kill the president in retaliation for the army's nationwide crackdown on trafficking.
The plot also was intended as retaliation for the seizure of $5m by police during a raid targeting a Sinaloa cartel chief, Mr Pequeno said.
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