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Video: Mexican Army Seizes Narco Tanks Near Texas Border

A drug cartel created armored vehicles by converting trucks that can withstand fire from .50-caliber machine guns and grenades. The vehicles are covered with one-inch thick steel plating, air-conditioned and are sized to hold 20 armed combatants.

June 8, 2011

Patrol

Feds Exchange Fire with Drug Runners Across Rio Grande

Few details about the early morning shootout in Hidalgo County, Texas, were immediately available. The shootout began after U.S. agents patrolling in boats tried to seize a drug load on the Rio Grande, Texas Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Tela Mange said.

June 8, 2011

Patrol

Former Arizona Deputies Indicted for Drug Ripoff

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona announced today the unsealing of superseding indictment charging two former Pima County Deputy Sheriffs for a conspiracy to steal money that they believed was the proceeds of drug trafficking, and for the attempted acquisition and distribution of narcotics.

June 5, 2011

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Arizona Deputy Arrested, Linked to Mexican Cartel

Deputy Alfredo Navarrette, 37, served in a special unit designed to target human smugglers moving through Maricopa County. Sheriff's detention officers Sylvia Najera, 25, and Marcella Hernandez, 28, were also arrested. Sheriff Joe Arpaio called his deputies' alleged actions "despicable."

May 25, 2011

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NYC Kingpin Wrapped Drugs In Carbon Paper To Avoid Detection

The NYPD arrested Ricardo Gonzalez-Santiago, identified as a lieutenant in a Puerto Rican cartel, as he left a Times Square hotel Friday carrying two suitcases stuffed with 36 kilos of cocaine valued at $1.3 million.

May 22, 2011

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Cartel Operators Used Indian Reservation As Smuggling Pass-Through

Acting in coordination with a southwestern Arizona Native American tribe, the Drug Enforcement Administration arrested 27 of 46 suspected members of the Sinaloa drug cartel who smuggled illegals and drugs through reservation land.

May 18, 2011

Patrol

Philadelphia Cop's Wife Sentenced In Drug Conspiracy

A federal judge today sentenced the wife of a former Philadelphia police officer to more than 10 years in prison for her role in a heroin conspiracy that included two police officers.

May 17, 2011

Patrol

N.M. State Police Investigate Drug Trafficking Link of Downed Plane

The twin-engine Cessna 310 crashed into Heron Lake, spraying the four-mile wide recreational waterway with pieces of aircraft, human remains and 23 bundles of pure (uncut) powdered cocaine.

May 4, 2011

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S.C. Man Who Charged Cops With AK-47 Had Homemade Explosives

The 22-year-old man who charged Columbia (S.C.) Police officers with an AK-47 was carrying homemade explosives when tactical officers fatally shot him at a rental property after an hour-long standoff.

April 30, 2011

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Mexican National Arrested Transporting $2.1M of Heroin In Illinois

A Kane County (Ill.) Sheriff's deputy discovered $2.1 million in heroin stashed in a vehicle, after he pulled over a driver for failing to signal.

April 27, 2011

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Mexican Cartels Escalating Presence In New York

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement went from spending 13,472 hours in 2009 to more than 30,000 hours last year. The feds are also seizing record amounts of firearms and cash. In 2009, the feds seized more than $35 million and 57 firearms.

April 10, 2011

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Customs Agents Seize Pot-Laden Wheelchair

Agents arrested a 19-year-old man pretending to be disabled, who was attempting to smuggle wrapped packages of marijuana through a border checkpoint at San Ysidro near San Diego, Calif.

April 4, 2011