IN THE CASE OF "EL COS," BE CAREFUL WHAT U ASK 4

By Juan Montoya
Well, someone might actually be listening to our illustrious U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela Jr.
Or perhaps not.
Just the same, one of Fil's prayers was answered with the extradition of Cartel del Golfo (CDG) Capo Jorge Costilla Sanchez, known as "El Coss.," who was among 13 men wanted in the United States.
If you remember, Fil Jr. and one of his buddies from Austin want the U.S. government to hurry up and extradite the former governors of Tamaulipas Tomas Yarrington and Eugenio Hernandez to get their just desserts in U.S. courts.
Well, until they are, El Cos will do nicely.
After all, he used to be the chauffeur for current Matamoros police chief Humberto Garcia. Garcia was appointed to that post by mayor Letty Salazar. So Mr. Garcia might be feeling a mite feverish just about now, if not also his boss.
Not only that, but as the successor of Osiel Cardenas as head of the Gulf Cartel, he was intimate with the likes of Yarrington, industrialist Sergio Arguelles, and just about every other politician on the take on both sides of the border.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Ronald Morgan arraigned him on multiple drug conspiracy and money laundering charges and ordered he be held without bond. 
El Cos, with a face only his mother could love, hired the services of Edmund K. Cyganiewicz (a hard name to pronounce, but a good lawyer) about two years ago when he was captured and imprisoned in Tampico, Tamps., Mexico.
Since then, despite the hoopla in the U.S. press, he has been wanting to go north and face the music.
So it was somewhat surprising when the feds pulled out all the stops and brought him to the federal courthouse in Brownsville with all the bells and whistles.
Snipers atop the courthouse, an armored car (well, the sheriff doesn't get to use it much, anyway), and a convoy of armed federal agents reminiscent of the recent papal visit, were seen escorting Costilla through the streets of Brownsville.
If El Cos and Cyganiewicz reach an accommodation with the Asst. U.S. Attorney, Lord knows what we might learn about the way the cartel operates on both sides of the Rio Grande. Some of the folks involved may even be some people that Little Fil associates with in his BiNED scam along with United Brownsville.
As the Chinese proberb said: Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it.