Police: Mexican drug cartel enforcers torture two teenagers in St. Paul
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Professionals were sent in to recover drugs stolen from Sinaloan syndicate.
Three enforcers hired by Mexicos biggest drug cartel flew from Los Angeles to Minnesota last month, kidnapped two local teenagers, and then tortured them for hours at a house in St. Paul in an effort to recover stolen drugs, according to court documents reviewed by the Star Tribune.
Meth Cuts Lethal Path Through Minnesota
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Minneapolis-St. Paul has become a major market, said Kent Bailey, a former senior U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent who now leads a federally funded counter-narcotics program in the metro. You can sit there and keep your head in the freaking sand but the sheer volume of the drugs being seized indicates otherwise.
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The DEA compares the structure of Mexican cartel cells in the U.S. to supply chains where operatives are aware of their own roles but may not know much about other functions. That creates a challenge for agents trying to work their way up the ladder.
That mayor reminds me of Trudeau. He’s in way over his head.