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 U.S. Arrests 755 in Mexican Drug Cartel Crackdown 
#9864609 - 02/25/09 04:43 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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US Announces Arrests of 755 in Mexican Drug Cartel Crackdown
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-02-25-voa71.cfm
The U.S. Justice Department has announced the arrests of 755 people on drug charges in a crackdown on the Mexico-based Sinaloa Cartel that began in 2007.
The department says the suspects were detained in a 21-month multi-agency investigation called "Operation Xcellerator."
Forty eight of the arrests were made Wednesday in the U.S. states of California, Minnesota and Maryland.
The Justice Department says the operation led to the seizure of more than $59 million and more than 20 tons of drugs, including about 12,500 kilograms of cocaine and 7,000 kilograms of marijuana.
U.S. drug, law enforcement, tax and immigration officials cooperated with authorities in Mexico and Canada.
The Justice Department accuses the Sinaloa Cartel of trafficking drugs from Mexico into the United States through distribution cells in the U.S. and Canada.
The drug organization also is suspected of laundering millions of dollars in criminal proceeds from illegal drug trafficking activities.
The Mexican government is struggling to control powerful drug cartels that are fighting among themselves and with security forces for control of narcotics trafficking routes.
More than 6,000 people died in drug-related violence last year in Mexico.
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Re: U.S. Arrests 755 in Mexican Drug Cartel Crackdown [Re: mathewww]
#9864669 - 02/25/09 04:55 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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And what effect has this had on stopping the violence and the drugs coming in ?None
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Re: U.S. Arrests 755 in Mexican Drug Cartel Crackdown [Re: nw_shroomy]
#9864692 - 02/25/09 05:01 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
nw_shroomy said:
And what effect has this had on stopping the violence and the drugs coming in ?None
Will the next 750 drug runners please step up! LOL, there's a hole in the bucket and our solution is to just keep adding water instead of plugging the hole.
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Re: U.S. Arrests 755 in Mexican Drug Cartel Crackdown [Re: FurrowedBrow]
#9864761 - 02/25/09 05:11 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
FurrowedBrow said:
LOL, there's a hole in the bucket and our solution is to just keep adding water instead of plugging the hole.
Indeed, and you have nicely summed up US drug policy for the past 35 years.
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Re: U.S. Arrests 755 in Mexican Drug Cartel Crackdown [Re: ToiletDuk]
#9864838 - 02/25/09 05:23 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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"FurrowedBrow said:
LOL, there's a hole in the bucket and our solution is to just keep adding water instead of plugging the hole. "
SO true!
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Re: U.S. Arrests 755 in Mexican Drug Cartel Crackdown [Re: neopet nub]
#9865404 - 02/25/09 06:46 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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The line just keeps on moving.....
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Re: U.S. Arrests 755 in Mexican Drug Cartel Crackdown [Re: Mushed_out]
#9865512 - 02/25/09 07:00 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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We all have to admit though - there's some extreme violence going on south of our border that needs to be resolved somehow.
Of course, my solution is legalize marijuana, tax it and regulate it so these mexican drug lords and cronies aren't killing so many innocent people.
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Re: U.S. Arrests 755 in Mexican Drug Cartel Crackdown [Re: mathewww]
#9866017 - 02/25/09 08:15 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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If we pretend the laws of supply and demand don't exist for long enough...oh and of course keep throwing money at it...eventually our victory in this war on drugs will come!
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