Mexico Rises on U.S. Agenda: Rewards Offered for Capture of Drug Traffickers

From Jose De Cordoba at The Wall Street Journal:

MEXICO CITY — Mexico on Monday offered rewards in the millions of dollars for information leading to the capture of 37 drug lords, ahead of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to the country Wednesday.

Cranking up the pressure on the drug cartels, Mexico said it would give out rewards of $2 million each for information leading to the capture of 24 top traffickers — including fugitive Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, whom Forbes Magazine recently ranked as one of the world’s richest men — and $1 each million for 13 of their main operators. Mexico has in the past posted rewards for capturing drug lords, but not on this sweeping scale.   [Read More]