Alfonso Duarte Múgica

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Alfonso Duarte Múgica
AllegianceMexico
Service/branchMexican Army
RankDivisional General
UnitSecond Military Region
Battles/warsMexican Drug War, Operation Baja California

Alfonso Duarte Múgica is a Mexican general who leads a battalion that combats the drug cartels (such as the Tijuana Cartel and the Sinaloa Cartel) in Tijuana. In March 2009, President Felipe Calderón "hailed the Baja California anti-drug offensive as a model for the country."[1]

General Duarte received media attention in 2011 after a video was released in which he commented that Cuauhtémoc Cardona, the secretary-general of Baja California, was "drunk, rude and disrespectful."[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Marosi, Richard (18 April 2009). "Mexico general battles Tijuana drug traffickers". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2 May 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  2. ^ Dibble, Sandra (19 September 2011). "Top general blasts high-ranking Baja California official". U-T San Diego. Retrieved 13 July 2012.