Its Guadalajara chieftain, Ignacio (Nacho) Coronel Villarreal, became known as the King of Crystal.
Then, in July, 2010, Coronel was killed in an Army raid on his home.
In any event, everyone said that taking Coronel alive was out of the question.
In July Ignacio Coronel, who was third in command of the Sinaloa mob, suffered a similar fate.
"When we arrived at the hospital, she was lying on the bed with an IV attached to her, " police officer Joel Coronel told reporters.
The US Treasury Department issued financial sanctions against Mr Coronel in January, when the investigations that led to his arrest are said to have been started.
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Sheila Coronel, the daughter of a prominent trial lawyer, began the siege in May with a series of articles for the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism.
In 1914, at the Battle of Coronel off Chile, the British ships Good Hope and Monmouth were sunk by German cruisers with the loss of 1, 600 lives.
Mr Coronel, 45, was detained in Agua Prieta, near the border with the US state of Arizona, along with four other men including his son, Interior Deputy Secretary Eduardo Sanchez told journalists.
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Sheila Coronel, of the Philippine Centre for Investigative Journalism, argues that it is almost impossible for independent candidates to break the political dynasties' lock on high office, thanks to the costliness of running a credible campaign.
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