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Gangs
Legalizing America's Addictions Won't Cure Crime
It is this use of illicit drugs that first seduces young men into the criminal underworld and later makes the gangs the principal purveyors of this genocidal poison. Profits derived from this drug trafficking finances and arms these gangs for wars with rivals, and it connects them with international drug trafficking organizations.
August 16, 2010
Heroin-injection prep equipment. Photo via Flickr.com (Dirty Bunny).
Gangs
How Gangs Orchestrate Home Invasion Robberies
To diminish the possible loss of too many resources, Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTOs) developed a policy of utilizing three separate houses to deal dope—one for the money, one for the drugs and one for the leadership. In this way, local gang jack teams, rival DTO teams, or the police might get one house, but very rarely all three.
August 9, 2010
Special Units
Gulf Cartel Member Sentenced To 22-Year Prison Term for Atlanta Cocaine Delivery
Drug trafficker Jose "Pepe" Barrientos-Rodriguez, a member of Mexico's Gulf Cartel, faces 22 years in prison for attempting to unload approximately 247.5 kilograms of cocaine in the Atlanta area.
August 3, 2010
Special Units
Sheriff Arpaio Says Mexican Cartel Placed $1 Million Bounty On His Head
The sheriff's spokeswoman relayed the threat, which came from the FBI, according to the Arizona Republic. As a vocal proponent of tougher enforcement of illegal immigration, Arpaio said death threats against him are not unusual. He said the more recent bounty was for $5 million.
August 2, 2010
Editor's Notes
Nogales PD: On the Front Lines of the Drug War
Nogales PD officers have heard the hiss of cartel death threats, and are ever watchful of the dangers presented to them when on patrol. Since Chief Jeffrey Kirkham took over in January, the department has made important strides.
July 22, 2010
A Nogales PD cruiser patrols downtown Nogales, a border community of 19,000 permanent residents and a gateway for the narcotics trade. Photo by Paul Clinton.
Patrol
Mexican Cartels Threaten Arizona Sheriff
Babeu has been outspoken about the need to secure his state's border with Mexico, and has called for federal troops in southern Arizona because his department is "outgunned" in a war against drug and human smugglers.
July 5, 2010
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Patrol
21 Killed in Massive Gunfight 12 Miles South of Arizona Border
A massive gun battle between rival drug and migrant trafficking gangs near the U.S. border Thursday left 21 people dead and at least six others wounded, prosecutors said.
July 1, 2010
Special Units
Narcotic Transporter Bust
With "Project Deliverance," federal agencies cooperating with local LE officers arrested more than 2,000 narcotics transporters and Mexican cartel associates in mid-June. The multi-jurisdictional operation also led to the seizure of $154 million and 74.1 tons of drugs, as well as the arrest of a high-priority target. These photos, which are courtesy of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), show some of the evidence seized in the drug trafficking operation.
July 1, 2010
With 'Project Deliverance,' which was led by the DEA, agents seized $945,685 in drug proceeds, which is packed in evidence bags and labeled for prosecution. The cash is seized, forfeited, and then either goes into the asset forfeiture fund and/or is shared with state and local partners who participated in the investigation.
Special Units
Video: Mexican Cartel Threatens Arizona PD's Off-Duty Officers
The threats were issued following two large drug busts by off-duty officers with the department. Nogales Chief Jeffrey Kirkham learned about the threats via a criminal informant in Mexico who told the agency about a list of officers held by the cartel.
June 26, 2010
View of the U.S.-Mexico border at Nogales, Ariz., in 2006. Photo via Flickr.com (bavetta).
Gangs
Mexican Cartel Violence: None Dare Call It Terrorism
In the last three years, 23,000 people are estimated to have been killed in the Mexican drug gang violence. This daily body count rivals totals from Iraq and Afghanistan, but the U.S. downplays any "cross-border spillover" or homeland security threat. None dare call this terrorism.
June 20, 2010
In a recent seizure, Zapata County Sheriff deputies confiscated 3,500 AK-47 rounds and 320 military issue .50 caliber machine-gun rounds. Photo courtesy of Richard Valdemar.
Special Units
Indian Reservations on Both U.S. Borders Become Drug Pipelines
The drug gangs take advantage of weak and underfunded tribal police forces and the remoteness of tribal lands, and they find that high unemployment rates and resentment of federal law enforcement agencies make some young Native Americans ready allies.
June 16, 2010
Gangs
The Border War With Mexican Cartels
The word "war" is not just hyperbole; it correctly describes what is going on. It's estimated that the violence—kidnapping and murder—has driven 400,000 locals out of the Juarez area with an estimated 30,000 fleeing to El Paso and beyond. A U.S. border sheriff claimed that the cartels printed fliers ordering his residents to evacuate their homes in the border area or they would be murdered.
June 13, 2010
El Paso (foreground) and Juarez (background) are on the front line of a border war between law enforcement and Mexican cartels. Photo via Flickr.com (Paul Garland).
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