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Federal and state law enforcement recently made three mass arrests of drug smugglers in Arizona, resulting in a staggering amount of confiscated drugs, weapons, and money. In total, 76 suspected smugglers were arrested. Over 20 tons of marijuana, 160 pounds of heroin, 210 pounds of cocaine, almost $760,000 in cash, and 108 weapons were seized. [...] Sylvia Longmire’s new book Cartel: The Coming Invasion of Mexico’s Drug Wars has just been released and is available at bookstores today, Tuesday September 27. She is a retired Air Force captain and Special Agent with extensive experience investigating Mexico Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTO). She now consults and writes about southwest border violence issues [...] “What you need to know, not what you want to hear” Testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere at the Hearing ‘Has Merida Evolved? Part One: The Evolution of Drug Cartels and the Threat to Mexico’s Governance.’ Excerpt (via Zenpundit ….Something very old historically, and at the same time very new, is [...] Given the levels of extreme violence that Mexico is experiencing, former President Vicente Fox proposes the creation of a liaison group of international experts to mediate a truce with organized crime, and the creation of an amnesty law. He seems to genuinely want peace and a return to sanity, along with legalization of drugs, but [...] The attackers spread gasoline around the casino then lit a match. Sylvia Longmire says labeling this as terrorism, as Calderon is doing, is a mistake. It was more likely due to rival cartels and casinos being used for money laundering. Yesterday’s attack on the Casino Royale was one of the biggest tragedies we’ve seen in [...] 8murdersaday.com Since January 2008, the Juarez drug cartel, led by Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, has been in a turf war against the Sinoloa drug cartel, led by Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. This war is for the coveted smuggling routes into the USA. The Americans demand for illegal drugs has led countless weapons and cash to [...] “How else can you explain how individuals running the cartels with almost no education can outpace the US and Mexican intelligence agencies, the Mexican Army and Mexican law enforcement at all levels? There is only one explanation – corruption,” says Anabel Hernandez, author of The Drug Lords. Also, as an FBI agent said about Vegas [...] U.S. federal agents allegedly cut a deal with the Sinaloa drug cartel that allowed it to traffic tons of narcotics across the border, in exchange for information about rival cartels, according to documents filed in federal court. The allegations are by a cartel member extradited here, and thus could certainly be suspect. But rumors [...] The mayor and police chief of Columbus NM were among those arrested for participating in smuggling hundreds of guns into Mexico. The mayor has pled guilty and faces 65 years in prison. The town has abolished its police force because the indictments triggered a financial crisis. And some still say drug cartel corruption hasn’t crossed [...] Even the locals don’t venture too far into mountains of Sonora. A drug trafficker by the name of El Gilo is there. The powerful Sinaloa Cartel went after him in 2010, was ambushed, and there were so many dead that police carried them out in bread trucks. The small towns in the area are emptying [...] |  | ||||
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