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veggie

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[CO] Feds announce bust of cocaine trafficking ring
#13457022 - 11/09/10 12:12 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Feds announce bust of cocaine trafficking ring November 8, 2010 - aurorasentinel.com
DENVER - Federal prosecutors said Monday they busted a cocaine trafficking ring that brought about 20 kilograms of cocaine to Denver from Mexico every week.
The case, dubbed “Operation Triple Stack,” included drug distribution charges against 35 people — 29 of which are now in custody — and the seizure of 53 kilograms of cocaine, 35 pounds of marijuana, $650,000 in cash, nine firearms and 15 vehicles.
The ring, which has ties to the violent Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico, brought drugs north on Interstate 25 from Juarez, Mexico, to Denver and distributed them in the area with the help of the Tre Deuce Gangster Crips and North Side Mafia street gangs, United States Attorney for Colorado John Walsh said at a news conference in Denver.
“This is not a case in which the drugs were destined for other cities or other states, but rather for use here in Colorado,” Walsh said.
All of the suspects face a maximum sentence of between 10 years and life in federal prison and fines of up to $4 million.
One of the suspects arrested was Ronald Rocha, 40, an assistant baseball coach at Regis University in Denver.
Police and federal agents arrested most of the suspects in the Denver area last week. Others were arrested in Alabama, Illinois, Nevada and El Paso, Texas.
One suspect — Jaime Cordova-Campos, 40 — was from Aurora.
While Cordova-Campos was the only suspect from Aurora and the majority of the drug sales happened in Denver, Aurora police Chief Dan Oates said the ring operated around the region, including in Aurora.
“It was clearly, without question, a regional problem,” Oates said. “If you got your hands on cocaine in the Denver metro region in the last two years, there is a very high probability you got that cocaine from this organization.”
Walsh said the investigation started with the Tre Deuce Gangster Crips in Colorado and grew to include dozens of people.
Most of the defendants are United States citizens with ties to the cartel in Mexico, he said.
“This, unfortunately, is pretty much a homegrown operation,” Walsh said.
The suspects hid drugs, including powder and crack cocaine, in secret compartments in vehicles and drove them from Juarez to Denver.
Roughly 20 kilograms a week — 80 kilograms a month — came to Denver because of the ring, Walsh said.
“Taking 20 kilograms off the streets of Colorado on a weekly basis is a substantial crimp on the cocaine flow in Colorado,” Walsh said.
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Lucidity
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Re: [CO] Feds announce bust of cocaine trafficking ring [Re: veggie]
#13457162 - 11/09/10 12:48 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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yes 20kg is so much, considering traffickers move tons. Sounds like a bunch of people with money and cousins down south wanting to make a quick profit.
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Re: [CO] Feds announce bust of cocaine trafficking ring [Re: Lucidity]
#13457512 - 11/09/10 04:10 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Every time they make a bust that is over a pound, they claim to have basically won the war on drugs. Don't people realize, the only reason there are drugs to get busted, is because there are people who DEMAND THEM? This is like busting the power companies for delivering power and gasoline companies for selling gasoline. They think that people are just going to stop providing drugs that people want because they make a bust. They don't want the drugs to stop, if they did, the DEA wouldn't exist and cops and sheriffs would have to get a real job and actually protect people instead of arresting drug users/dealers.
If they TRULY wanted the war on drugs to end, they would start educating people on the truths of drug use and stop spreading propaganda that people see right through.
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Re: [CO] Feds announce bust of cocaine trafficking ring [Re: guest1]
#13458667 - 11/09/10 12:16 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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There will always be drug dealers... When they arrest one, someone else starts dealing. You think the government would realize that their persistence is kind of futile.
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Re: [CO] Feds announce bust of cocaine trafficking ring [Re: BoomerBoy]
#13458900 - 11/09/10 01:06 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
BoomerBoy said: There will always be drug dealers... When they arrest one, someone else starts dealing. You think the government would realize that their persistence is kind of futile.
They do realize the futility. That's what they're counting on. If the drug war was "won", the perpetual income they make from it would cease to exist.
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