Mexico capo’s arrest unlikely to slow top cartel

By Katherine Corcoran

Published February 25, 2014 12:13am ET

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Mexico capo’s arrest unlikely to slow top cartel — In this Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014 photo, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is escorted to a helicopter in handcuffs by Mexican navy marines at a navy hanger in Mexico City, Mexico. Guzman, the head of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel, was captured overnight in the beach resort town of Mazatlan. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) | Eduardo Verdugo

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Like a Fortune 500 company losing its chief executive, the powerful Sinaloa cartel is likely to stay in business at least in the short term, selling billions of dollars of illegal drugs despite the arrest of its legendary leader, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.

But the longer-term fate of a criminal ring likened to an international corporation is anything but clear, as authorities pursue other top leaders and weaker rivals dream of moving in.

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