According to informador.com, the SEDENA (Secretariat of National Defense) confirmed that "alleged" narcotraficante Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel Villarreal was killed on July 29th 2010 during an army raid at one of his homes in Zapopan, Jalisco. Apparently, 200 army soldiers surrounded the house, and as they were breaching Nacho opened fire, killing one soldier and wounding another. The army returned fire, and during the exchange Ignacio was killed.
Nacho was one of the top heads of the Sinaloa cartel, just after Ismael "El Mayo" Zamaba and the infamous Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzzman Loera. The soldiers seized a number of weapons, valuable goods, and of course, several luxury cars. Apparently, Mr. Nacho had been using two safe houses in the neighborhood as his base of operations. He would alternate spending his nights in each house. In addition, Nacho was responsible for his cartel's operations within Jalisco, Colima, Nayarit, and parts of Michoacan.
Following the death of Artura Beltran Leyva last December (one of the head leaders of the BLO) this is considered a major victory in the war against the Cartels.
What makes this whole matter interesting in my opinion was his role in a state like Jalisco. Not much happens there, and through my personal knowledge, drug related violence is minor as compared to other states like Sinaloa or Durango. But following the arrest of Miss Sinaloa, and now the shooting, it goes to show that even sleepy (but wealthy) neighborhoods like Zapopan have their fair share of Narcos. From what other research I gathered, Nacho was heading a meth manufacturing and distribution center within Jalisco, which goes to show you that the centers of income can actually be pretty far a way from the borders.
My hypothesis is this: The meth facility and distribution center, plus the fact that Nacho was watching over states where drug are known to be smuggled into the country, goes to show that their is a distribution system that is operating to move product (domestic and foreign made) out of the region and towards the U.S. border, as w ell as distribute it within the given region itself. The large ports in Colima, Nayarit, and Jalisco are very important to the access and distribution of product.
It is a good thing that they got this guy. Yet with such an important region economically, it will not take long for the Cartel to find a replacement.
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