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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/police-drugs-cartel-dismembered.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="The La Familia drugs cartel has been thrown into disarray by the recent arrest and deaths of top members" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-police-drugs-cartel-dismembered.jpg" alt="The La Familia drugs cartel has been thrown into disarray by the recent arrest and deaths of top members"/></a></p>
<p>Mexico&#8217;s federal police said that the once-fearsome La Familia drug cartel has been &#8220;completely dismembered&#8221; and has broken down into small groups that commit robberies to pay their members.</p>
<p>The cartel has dominated crime in the western state of Michoacan for several years, making money by trafficking methamphetamines and extorting protection money from businesses.</p>
<p>It has also become known for its bloody ambushes of federal police.</p>
<p>La Familia has been thrown into disarray, however, by the recent arrest and deaths of top members, including cartel leader Nazario Moreno, nicknamed The Craziest One, who was killed in a shoot-out with police on December 9.</p>
<p>&#8220;Following the death of Nazario, the Familia Michoacana, as we know it, has been completely dismembered,&#8221; federal police official Luis Cardenas Palomino told a news conference as he announced the arrest of another La Familia leader &#8211; Francisco Lopez Villanueva, known as El Bigotes, or The Moustache.</p>
<p>&#8220;What are left are little groups that are isolated and completely disorganised,&#8221; Mr Cardenas Palomino said. &#8220;They have been committing bank robberies and robbing businesses to get money. &#8230; This makes them more vulnerable.&#8221;</p>
<p>In a series of banners strung across roadways in Michoacan earlier this week, however, the gang has denied it is responsible for a recent wave of robberies in the state. &#8220;They say it was La Familia Michoacana, they want to blame us,&#8221; read the banners. &#8220;Don&#8217;t be deceived. The federal police came to rob, humiliate and kill our people.&#8221;</p>
<p>The cartel has demanded that federal police leave the state because of alleged abuses against civilians.</p>
<p>La Familia depicts itself as the protector of Michoacan residents, and common robberies would clash with the image the gang tries to cultivate.</p>
<p>The cartel offered to cease its activities if federal police agree to protect Michoacan against La Familia&#8217;s rivals, the Zetas gang. Government officials said they would not negotiate with any drug cartels.</p>
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