Police officials guard an armored truck holding detainees during a news conference at the Federal Police headquarters in Mexico City, Friday, May 29, 2009. Police presented Friday five alleged members of the La Familia Michoacana drug cartel, who were detained in a recent operation in the Mexican state of Guerrero. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)Mexico: Most-wanted Drug Lord's Power Waning -- Yahoo News/AP
MEXICO CITY – Mexico's most-wanted drug lord has an increasingly less-powerful role in his cartel, the country's Attorney General said Friday.
Eduardo Medina-Mora said Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman remains an emblematic figure in the Sinaloa Cartel but he's not as involved in day-to-day drug trafficking.
Guzman lost his leadership role while serving a 20-year sentence at a Mexican prison, Medina-Mora said. Guzman escaped in 2001, and has been on the run ever since.
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