Thursday, July 23, 2009

Soon on Facebook: What's your Drug Lord Nickname

Scary Drug Lords Sport Silly Nicknames - Baltimore News Story - WBAL Baltimore: "That's right, the American fashion doll. Because the U.S.-born Valdez has blond, blue-eyed good looks.

In Mexico's cutthroat drug underworld, 'Barbie' shares the stage with such fearsome characters as 'Bunny Commander' and 'Smurf,' ''Taliban' and 'Monkey.'

Mexican drug traffickers' nicknames run from flashy and threatening to surreal and downright goofy. Some reflect a thug's rank in his cartel, others simply a school yard taunt that stuck. Still others denote a reputation, such as the cartel leader known as 'El Mas Loco' -- 'the Craziest One.'"

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