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Tag: drug cartels: Page 10
Special Units
16 Mexican Officers Accused of Aiding Cartels
Sixteen Mexican police officers have been arrested for allegedly protecting drug-cartel gangsters suspects in the grisly slaying of more than 120 people whose bodies were found in mass graves near Tamaulipas in northern Mexico.
April 14, 2011
Patrol
Dear Mr. President
Whether they carry the title of agent, officer, or marshal, your federal officers are being sent into the teeth of a war without weapons and with rules of engagement written by fools. Worse, one of your agencies tasked with the job of keeping guns out of the hands of dangerous criminals has actually been supplying those criminals with weapons.
April 10, 2011
Special Units
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
Special Units
Rewards Offered In ICE Agent's Slaying
The U.S. and Mexican governments are offering up to $5 million dollars and up to 10 million pesos for information about the shooting of two immigration enforcement agents in Mexico.
March 29, 2011
Special Units
N.M. Chief Who Smuggled Guns Into Mexico Had Checkered Past
If convicted of gun smuggling, Columbus Police Chief Angelo Vega could receive five years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine. However, his arrest Thursday by a joint task force is just the latest brush with the wrong side of the legal system for the chief.
March 10, 2011
Special Units
678 Arrested In ICE-Led Gang Sweep
Of the arrested 678 gang members or associates, 133 were from different gangs; 447 were charged with criminal offenses; 231 were administrative arrests; 322 had violent criminal histories; and 421 were foreign nationals.
March 1, 2011
Weapons
Weapon Used In ICE Agent's Slaying Traced to Texas Man
A Romarm-Cugir Draco 7.62x39mm that was legally sold by a firearms dealer in the Dallas-Fort Worth area was transported to the Los Zetas cartel operators who used it to attack special agent Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila Jr.
February 28, 2011
Special Units
DEA Targets Sinaloa Drug Cartel's Cocaine Supplier
To cripple the drug trafficking and money laundering activities of one of Mexico's most active cartels, the federal government has designated its Columbian cocaine supplier as a drug-trafficking kingpin. The move gives law enforcement agencies greater powers to punish the network's U.S. associates and freeze assets.
February 24, 2011
Special Units
Nationwide DEA Sweep Nets 541 Arrests, $11 Million
The DEA declined to give specific locations, yet Arizona, Atlanta, St. Louis, Denver, Detroit, San Antonio, San Diego, Chicago, Newark and Miami are key areas.
February 24, 2011
Special Units
Six Zeta Cartel Members Arrested In ICE Agent's Killing
Mexican President Felipe CaldĂ©ron called President Barack Obama to tell him about the capture of Julian Zapata Espinoza, a reputed Zetas cell leader nicknamed "El PiolĂn" (Tweety), who is allegedly responsible for the homicide of Special Agent Zapata.
February 23, 2011
Special Units
Mexican Drug Cartels Flush With Proceeds From Medical Marijuana States
Border seizures of the cash crop jumped 44% between 2005 and 2009, and cartels now derive as much as 26% of their profit from the drug.
February 20, 2011
Special Units
Texas Congressman Calls Attack on ICE Agents a 'Game Changer'
McCaul went on to say, "The United States will not tolerate acts of violence against its citizens or law enforcement, and I believe we must respond forcefully. This should be a long overdue wake-up call for the Obama administration that there is a war on our nation's doorstep."
February 17, 2011
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