Enforcer for Sinaloa Cartel arrested in Mexico

MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities have arrested a reputed enforcer for the country’s most powerful drug cartel — a man also alleged to have amassed weapons from the U.S. government’s failed “Fast and Furious” gun-smuggling operation. Jose Antonio Torres Marrufo, 33, is also wanted by U.S. officials on drug-trafficking charges in El Paso, Texas. Mexican and U.S. authorities say he served as a top lieutenant to fugitive drug billionaire Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and the Sinaloa cartel and was in charge of operations in the border state of Chihuahua.  READ MORE »