All Sections. About Us. B2B Publishing. Business Visionaries. Hot Property. Times Events. Times Store. He personally brought home the accused killer of an American drug enforcement agent who had escaped to Costa Rica. He was a very feared individual, even by his own men.
Several people lost their lives in interrogations and shoot-outs with his men. Low-paid and little-respected, Mexican police have a history of shakedowns, bribery, drug-trafficking and other criminal activities.
Mexicans generally view their police as corrupt and potentially dangerous. In recent months, competing police forces in the capital have engaged in violent turf battles. In one case, such a clash led to the torture and death of a police commander and in another to an armed assault by one police force on the headquarters of a rival police agency. And in the border city of Ciudad Juarez in July, plainclothes federal police killed a pregnant woman and two other civilians in a hail of gunfire that supposedly was meant for drug traffickers.
Along with Durazo, he was the best known internationally. Originally from the state of Colima, Ventura tried religious studies and bullfighting before he became a police officer. He was a contemporary of Durazo and on a parallel track for years until when Durazo was named to the politically appointed post of Mexico City police chief.
Because they were reliable and got things done by hook or by crook, they were called on. They became doers. They knew a lot of politicians, and they knew about a lot of skeletons. That made them powerful. Powerful and competitive. Durazo flaunted his accumulated wealth, sporting specially tailored uniforms and building a multimillion-dollar, Greek-style palace on the Pacific Coast, dubbed The Parthenon. Ventura, meanwhile, lived well but more conservatively, in a wealthy suburb of Mexico City.
While Durazo was believed to have provided protection to drug traffickers, Ventura was not considered corrupt, sources said. They add, however, that corruption is a matter of degree. There are many ways to make money in the Federal Judicial Police.
He said he believed that it gave Ventura pleasure to bring Durazo back from Los Angeles in to face extortion charges. Durazo is still in jail awaiting sentencing. About Verified Account. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Alberto Sicilia Falcon. View source. History Talk 0. Do you like this video? Play Sound. Biography Alberto Sicilia Falcon was born in Matanzas , Cuba on 30 April , and he was a troublesome and psychopathic child; he was arrested several times for vandalism, disorderly conduct, and sodomy.
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