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March 27, 2009
49ers cut ties with Jennings





The 49ers have terminated the contract of Jonas Jennings, the oft-injured offensive tackle who was the team's big, free-agent prize in 2005. Jennings was never healthy in four seasons with the Buffalo Bills. But he commanded a $36 million contract from the 49ers, who belived he would be the anchor of a rebuilt offensive line at left tackle. Jennings played well when healthy. However, he suffered an array of injuries over the last four seasons, ranging from ankle sprains to being poked in the larynx. Jennings missed 41 of 64 potential starts during his time as a 49er.

Jennings's most troublesome injuries were three seperate dislocations to his right shoulder. The most recent occurred this past season in a Week Two game against the Seahawks. He was placed on injured reserve in November, ending his season. At the time, a frustrated Jennings wondered if he'd ever play again. Jennings' release comes as the 49ers are considering another talented tackle with an injury history, Marvel Smith. If Smith is signed, he likely will start the 2009 season where Jennings was in 2008 -- at right tackle.

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49ERS NOT INTERESTED IN GARCIA
Posted by Aaron Wilson on March 12, 2009, 12:59 p.m. EDT

The San Francisco 49ers aren’t expected to pursue veteran quarterback Jeff Garcia, according to Matt Maiocco of the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat.

Per the article, 49ers coach Mike Singletary doesn’t sound interested in the unrestricted free agent.

“When I look at Shaun Hill, I think he did a great job last year,” Singletary said. “I’m not sure how much better we get by bringing in a Jeff Garcia and adding to the mix when you have a guy like Shaun Hill.”

Maiocco theorizes that the 49ers have “reason” to be interested in disgruntled Denver Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler, also noting that the team may try to add a quarterback through the draft. Yet, he doesn’t think they will use the tenth overall pick of the first round on a quarterback.

The 49ers recently agreed to a restructured contract with former top overall pick Alex Smith.

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Jesse Bogan, 03.11.09, 06:00 PM EDT
Forbes Magazine dated March 30, 2009





Mexico's most wanted man, Joaquín Guzmán Loera, is one of 38 new billionaires.

For eight years Joaquín Guzmán Loera reportedly managed his international drug smuggling operation from behind bars while enjoying a lavish prison life with access to booze, women and a home entertainment system. Then in January 2001, facing extradition to the U.S., Guzmán slipped into a laundry cart and escaped.

Since then "El Chapo," or Shorty, as he is called, has tightened his grip on Mexico's drug trade as head of the Sinaloa cartel, one of the biggest suppliers of cocaine to the U.S. It is a lucrative business to be in these days. Thirty-five million people in the U.S. use narcotics or abuse prescription drugs, spending more than $64 billion annually. The Drug Enforcement Agency and other industry experts believe Guzmán, 54, has controlled anywhere from a third to half of the wholesale Mexican drug market over the past eight years. In 2008 Mexican and Colombian traffickers laundered between $18 billion and $39 billion in proceeds from wholesale shipments to the U.S., according to the U.S. government. Guzmán and his operation likely grossed 20% of that--enough for him to have pocketed $1 billion over his career and earn a spot on the billionaires list for the first time.
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While others with ten-figure fortunes have criminal records, Guzmán is probably the only one for whom the U.S. government is offering a $5 million reward for his capture. "He clearly is a sociopath and willing to engage in high levels of violence, but he is skillful in managing these turbulent waters," says Bruce Bagley, chairman of international studies at the University of Miami. While traditional drug cartels are built around a family hierarchy, Guzmán's operates more as a confederation of different groups. He hires gangs that have peeled off from competitors, offering attractive profit sharing. "The Sinaloa cartel is kind of a new animal in a way. He offers them a better deal," adds Bagley.

Guzmán grew up in the Pacific coast state of Sinaloa in a rural region that has produced big drug traffickers. The farm boy was likely exposed to the trade at a young age. Officials say he honed his drug-running skills working for different gangs, most notably as an airplane logistics expert for Miguel Angel Félix Gallardo, "El Padrino," or the Godfather, the country's leading trafficker at the time. Gallardo was arrested in 1989.

By the early 1990s Guzmán had started his own international firm. Business didn't always run smoothly. In 1993, at the northern border, Mexican authorities seized a 7-ton shipment of cocaine, believed to be his, that was hidden in chili pepper cans. The same year rival gang members, apparently trying to kill Guzmán at the Guadalajara airport, bumped off a Catholic cardinal instead. Also that year he was captured and convicted for homicide and drug trafficking.

A 1995 U.S. indictment alleges he directed a vast network of employees and assets, including warehouses in California, New Jersey and Chicago; a tunnel, running 65 feet deep and 1,416 feet long, between Mexico and Otay Mesa, Calif.; an executive jet rental business; and railcars carrying cooking oil. At least one of his employees was in charge of paying off Mexican prosecutors and police, allegedly dropping $1 million in cash in 1991 for the release of Guzmán's brother, "El Pollo," from a Mexico City prison. (El Pollo was murdered in 2004.)

How long can Guzmán, who may be in Guatemala, continue to elude authorities? The Mexican government is trying to crack down on the murderous drug trade that has killed 6,000 people in the past year, including Guzmán's son, who was gunned down in May. It has dispatched thousands of soldiers to hot zones. In November it arrested the nation's top antidrug authority for allegedly agreeing to a $450,000-per-month deal to tip off drug traffickers about raids and arrests. That pressure, along with more pressure from rival drug gangs, appears to be making business harder for Guzmán but hasn't persuaded him to get out of the industry

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