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Why? Look at the U.S. Department of State's most recent annual report on human rights around the world. Commentary Mexican army kills kingpin in drug war coup Digg This Tweet This Share on LinkedIn Share on Facebook Related News Timeline: Key events in Mexico's drug war Thu, Jul 29 2010 Related Topics World » Related Video Mexican army kills drug trafficker 6:21am EDT 1 / 5 Ignacio ''Nacho'' Coronel seen in this projected image by the Mexican Army during a news conference Mexico City, July 29, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Eliana Aponte By Alberto Fajardo GUADALAJARA | Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:27am EDT GUADALAJARA Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican soldiers killed drug boss Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel on Thursday, the first major triumph this year for President Felipe Calderon's war against drug cartels but one that is unlikely to end spiraling violence. The Mexican army shot dead Coronel, a senior member of the powerful Sinaloa cartel, as he exchanged fire with soldiers during a raid of a wealthy residential area in Guadalajara in western Mexico, officials said. "Nacho Coronel tried to escape, wounding military personnel ... dying as fire was returned," Edgar Villegas, a senior army official, told a news conference in Mexico City. One of the country's most-wanted traffickers, Coronel was known as the "King of Ice" for his multimillion-dollar methamphetamine business and was a top lieutenant of Sinaloa leader Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, Mexico's top drug lord. Coronel, 56, was indicted in a Texas court for allegedly smuggling tonnes of narcotics into the United States and Europe since the early 1990s. The United States had offered up to $5 million for information leading to his capture. Troops backed by military helicopters swarmed normally quiet streets in the upscale residential area of Zapopan in search of Coronel, who the army said led a low-profile life moving between two luxury houses in the area. The killing may provide a boost for Calderon, who has staked his presidency on winning the military campaign he launched against drug gangs in late 2006, sending thousands of soldiers, marines and federal police to fight the drug gangs. The conservative leader's image has been stained by the violence that has claimed an increasing number of civilian deaths, and a failure to implement promised clean-ups of endemic corruption in Mexico's police, courts and prisons. But drug trade experts cautioned that the Sinaloa cartel is a sophisticated, highly organized operation and was likely to bounce back quickly. "This is going to have a temporary impact on the methamphetamine market ... but someone else is going to take his place," said security analyst Alberto Islas. More than 26,000 people have died in drug violence across Mexico over the past 3-1/2 years, in a growing worry for the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama. Some U.S. companies are starting to reconsider future investment plans in Ciudad Juarez and in Mexico's premier business city, Monterrey. Mexico's vital tourism industry is also under pressure. TIDE OF KILLINGS Calderon replaced his interior minister this month after coming under increasing pressure for the rising death toll in the drug war and a lack of victories since security forces shot dead top drug baron Arturo Beltran Leyva in December. A car bomb with 22 pounds of explosives in Ciudad Juarez this month, the first attack of its kind, and the revelation that prisoners moonlighting as hitmen were behind the killing of 17 people at a party have weighed on Calderon. Suspected drug hitmen ambushed and killed the frontrunner candidate for a gubernatorial election in the northern state of Tamaulipas in late June, in the worst sign so far of political intimidation by smuggling gangs. Calderon, in Guadalajara for the opening of a new soccer stadium on Thursday, did not comment on Coronel's killing, but the army said in a statement it believed the hit would "significantly affect the operating capacity and shipment of drugs by Guzman's organization." Previous actions under Calderon's predecessor President Vicente Fox, including the 2003 arrest of Gulf cartel leader Osiel Cardenas, one of the most powerful capos, did little to weaken Mexico's brazen drug cartels, however. Security specialists say Calderon will struggle to beat the cartels until Mexico backs up its military fight with a crackdown on money laundering and pushes ahead with a genuine overhaul of ill-paid police, many of whom work as hitmen, and prevents politicians from taking funding from drug gangs. "There is a different political problem -- governors and political parties are not taking responsibility. It's time for Mexican society to line up behind the president and fight this scourge in Mexico," said Tony Payan, a drugs expert at the University of Texas in El Paso. (Additional reporting by Missy Ryan, Caroline Stauffer and Mica Rosenberg in Mexico City and Robin Emmott in Monterrey; writing by Robin Emmott, editing by Jackie Frank) World Comments See All Comments (4) | Post Comment Jul 30, 2010 12:10am EDT Why the security specialists didn’t speak about the arms trafficking to Mexico from the US border states? or maybe about the biggest money laundering that the drug gangs do in US? at least about consumption rates… robertoquintal Report As Abusive Jul 30, 2010 1:33am EDT robertoquintal A typical Mexican. Why don’t you stay home and fix your own country instead of sending your illegals to the US? Why don’t you join the Mexican military and fight the drug lords? yangguizi Report As Abusive Jul 30, 2010 8:54am EDT The cartels and their hitmen are often former elite military members and experts at unconventional warfare. You cannot readily combat unconventional tactics with line and security forces and as history shows, those trained properly to combat the threat are susceptible to corruption. Call in the bounty hunters. They adhere to no code of conduct or rules of engagement and answer only to money. Ohwell Report As Abusive Jul 30, 2010 11:03am EDT The cartels will never be weakened as long as the US market for drugs is strong. The solution to this problem begins in the US. The prohibition of illegal substances such as cocaine and marijuana has been a monumental failure. Decriminalization of these substances will provide tax revenue for the state, free up police time for more pressing activity, and take the huge profits out of the trade so as to deprive the cartels of their obscene gains. This prohibition has had the opposite effect from what was intended. The huge profits actually attract criminal activity the law is intended to stop. Lets use the money saved to address the social problems that contribute to drug use. Is this approach too rational? sshurwitz Report As Abusive See All Comments (4) Add a Comment *We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language or appear to be spam and review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. 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