Security & Strategic Review - February 2014 (ISSN 1741-4202)

The capture of Joaquín Guzmán Loera (‘el Chapo’), boss of the Sinaloa/Pacífico drug trafficking organisation (DTO) and possibly the world’s leading drug trafficker, has been counted as a great victory for the government of President Enrique Peña Nieto. Speculation is rife about the possible consequences for the DTO, for the inter-DTO war and consequently for the government’s efforts to curb drug-fuelled organised crime. For now, however, information is insufficient for this to go much beyond guesswork.