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    "Some Mexicans, especially poor, young Mexican men actually admire the wealth, machismo and success of these capos — dead or alive or in jail — no matter how bloody their hands may be," said Bruce Bagley, chairman of the Department of International Studies at the University of Miami. "Money, power, violence and mayhem always attracts attention ... These guys are lauding the Robin Hood image; it is in a way what norteño music did in a previous era: it creates an aura around them." Guzman's reputed cartel rival, Osiel Cardenas Guillen, who was handed over to the United States by Mexico nearly two years ago and faces a coming trial in Houston, also has a few MySpace pages in his honor. Full Article at Houston Chronicle
    Money, power, violence and mayhem always attracts attention ... These guys are lauding the Robin Hood image; it is in a way what norteño music did in a previous era: it creates an aura around them.
    SOURCE: Houston Chronicle 11 months ago