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It's Time to Get Tough on Drugs, America
If we want to dry up the market, we have to make the penalties for drug possession more than a hand slap.
November 2, 2010
One Arizona law enforcement agency stacks seized marijuana bundles in a former vehicle service garage. Photo by Paul Clinton.
Special Units
Home Invasions: Side Effects of the Drug War
Drug-related home invasions are especially prevalent in the Sunbelt. Southern Arizona, Texas, and Atlanta serve as distribution points for traffickers delivering narcotic loads from Mexican drug trafficking organizations to distribution points where dealers and street gangs wait for their arrival.
November 2, 2010
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Patrolling the Broken Border
A metal fence divides Nogales, USA from another Nogales: Nogales, Sonora, a much poorer Nogales where law enforcement is under attack from drug trafficking cartels and the cartels are under attack from many rivals.
October 30, 2010
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Arizona Beheading a Cartel Hit?
The Chandler (Ariz.) PD's investigation of the beheading of a man earlier this month will include whether the killing was ordered by a Mexican drug cartel.
October 26, 2010
Police are looking for these three men in connection with an Oct. 10 beheading that may have been ordered by a Mexican drug cartel. Image courtesy of Chandler (Ariz.) PD.
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Criminology Student Named Police Chief In Mexico
The town of Praxedis G. Guerrero located near Ciudad Juarez has become a battleground between the Juarez and Sinaloa drug cartels who are trying to gain control of its single highway that's a lucrative trafficking route of narcotics into Texas.
October 19, 2010
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Arizona Sheriff Says Cartel Assassins Sent to 'Take Out' Bandits
The sheriff released a portion of "law enforcement sensitive" information after a news media contacted the office "in an effort to inform the public about the dangers associated with the drug cartels operating in Pinal County."
October 14, 2010
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Mexican Nationals Reportedly Smuggled Meth to Colo. in Car Batteries
Officials today said they dealt a major blow to a methamphetamine trafficking ring suspected of moving up to 50 pounds of the drug into Colorado in common car batteries.
September 26, 2010
Image via Flickr.com (abbyladybug).
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Turf Battle Between ATF and ICE Undermines Cartel Gun Project
Project Gunrunner is encountering "significant weaknesses" that "undermine its effectiveness," according to an inspector general's report obtained by MSNBC.
September 20, 2010
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Special Units
Mexican Cartel Leader Will Face Trafficking Charges In Atlanta
The Texas-born Valdez-Villareal, who is known as "the Barbie" because of his blond hair and blue eyes, brought thousands of kilograms of cocaine between 2004 and 2006. His cartel is thought to have brought 100 kilos a week into the Atlanta area using tractor trailer trucks that crossed the border in Laredo.
August 30, 2010
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Mexico Fires 3,200 Federal Officers In Corruption Probe
Of those, 465 have been charged with crimes. An additional 1,020 officers face disciplinary proceedings for failing confidence exams.
August 30, 2010
Special Units
Juarez Cartel Member Extradited To U.S. For Drug Trial
Purported Juarez Cartel associate Felipe Dominguez-Vargas has been extradited from Mexico to stand trial on federal drug trafficking charges.
August 17, 2010
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Colombian FARC Leader Sentenced For Cocaine Trafficking
From approximately 1998 through 2004, Cuevas Cabrera conspired with others to manufacture and distribute tons of Colombian cocaine that he knew would be imported into the U.S., according to evidence presented at trial.
August 17, 2010
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