drug trafficking in mexico

• The Senate Caucus On International Narcotics Control Holds a Hearing On Drug Trafficking Violence in Mexico

THE SENATE CAUCUS ON INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL HOLDS A HEARING ON DRUG TRAFFICKING VIOLENCE IN MEXICO MAY 5, 2010 MEMBERS: ...

• Political Transcript Wire
• May 10, 2010

• Drug Enforcement Agency Acting Administrator Michele Leonhart Hold a News Briefing On the Ongoing Drug Trafficking Situation in Mexico and the United States

DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OFFICIALS HOLD A NEWS BRIEFING ON THE ONGOING DRUG TRAFFICKING SITUATION IN MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES APRIL 15,...

• Political Transcript Wire
• September 09, 2009

• Drug Trafficking Does Not End in Mexico

Pervasive drug trafficking is today's prevailing social malady throughout the country, particularly along the border with the U.S. In spite of lengthy declarations by government officials in Mexico City and Washington, and their insistence that important battles are being won against the scourge, criminal organizations like the Tijuana cartel continue to thrive, ruling over whole sections of the Mexican countryside like sectoral feudal lords. The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) in Vienna has issued a report stating that Mexican drug trafficking organizations and the criminal groups which control most of the organized drug traffic in the United States, particularly cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamines and heroin, have turned in stellar performances.

• Washington Report on the Hemisphere
• August 18, 2009

• 9th Circuit Says 'Extended' Border Search Is Constitutional

Federal agents didn't violate the Fourth Amendment when they had a suspected drug smuggler's vehicle stopped and searched after he had crossed the border with Mexico, the 9th Circuit has ruled in reversing a suppression order. An informant alerted U.S. immigration officials to be on the lookout for a particular vehicle used in a drug-trafficking operation across California's border with Mexico.

• Lawyers USA
• June 21, 2010

• Nationwide Gang Sweep Nets 678 in 168 Cities

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-led task force has arrested 678 gang members and their associates from 133 different gangs during a nationwide sweep in 168 U.S. cities targeting gangs affiliated with drug-trafficking cartels in Mexico. ICE Director John Morton said "Project Southern Tempest" involved ICE agents working with 173 other federal, state and local law enforcement authorities.

• The Washington Times
• March 02, 2011

• City Officials Get Cash, but Gangs Hold Power ; Turf Battles Waged in L.A. County

The gang graffiti that coats freeway overpasses, exit signs and the concrete banks of the Los Angeles River attests to a problem more alarming than the recent revelations of hundreds of thousands of dollars in annual salaries for public officials. Street gangs, a powerful prison gang known as the Mexican Mafia and even more powerful drug-trafficking organizations based in Mexico and Colombia operate freely in this small city and the similarly sized cities surrounding it.

• The Washington Times
• August 10, 2010

• Mexico's Copper Canyon Gorgeous -- And Safe

if you go Copper Canyon: http://tiny.cc/3rc7w El Chepe: www.chepe.com.mx/english/index.html. In late fall and early winter, take the route that starts in Los Mochis and ends in Chihuahua; otherwise it will be too dark to see some of the best canyon views. Tour groups - The 3 Amigos: www.amigos3.com/ - Balderrama Hotels & Tours: http://tiny.cc/82p4e Hotels - Torres del Fuerte in El Fuerte, www.hotelestorres.com/ing/index.php - Posada Barrancas Mirador in Posada Barrancas, http://tiny.cc/k30hc - Casa Real de Minas in Batopilas: http://tiny.cc/bb8zg - Best Western The Lodge at Creel www.thelodgeatcreel.com/ - Quality Inn San Francisco in Chihuahua: www.qualityinnchihuahua.com/ Tips: Due to the Copper Canyon's wide range of altitudes, weather varies dramatically, from hot summerl...

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• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• January 01, 2012

• Mexico Makes Another Big Arrest in Drug Trafficking

By Elliot Spagat The Associated Press

• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• January 13, 2010

• Authorities Bust Alleged Drug-Dealing Family

Local police agencies and DEA agents Thursday arrested 14 people already indicted in connection with a Whittier-based drug trafficking organization run by siblings and its Mexico-based suppliers of cocaine and methamphetamine. Authorities confiscated about 75 pounds of methamphetamine, 100 kilograms of cocaine and $1.1 million during the investigation, dubbed "Operation Family Reunion," that led to the arrests.

• Whittier Daily News
• December 10, 2011

• New Mexico Officials Named in Gun-Trafficking Probe

The mayor, police chief and a trustee of the small border town of Columbus, N.M., were among 11 people named in a federal grand jury indictment for their alleged roles in a firearms-trafficking ring that sought to buy weapons for drug smugglers in Mexico, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Those named in the 84-count indictment handed up last week included Columbus Police Chief Angelo Vega, Mayor Eddie Espinoza and Blas Gutierrez, village trustee. They were among 10 men and one woman named as members of a trafficking ring operating across the border from Puerto Palomas, Chihuahua, Mexico, where a raging turf battle is ongoing between warring drug gangs.

• The Washington Times
• March 18, 2011