Posted on 08/29/2009 12:48:59 PM PDT by AuntB
The Drug Enforcement Administration Friday announced that it found 14,500 marijuana plants growing in a Colorado national park, authorities say are linked to Mexican drug cartels...... they have seen an increase in outdoor marijuana operations run by Mexican drug cartels.
In the most recent Colorado case, the marijuana was found in "the remote, rugged terrain" of Pike National Forest, which is about 60 miles southwest of Denver.
"The persons who were involved in this criminal activity had no regard for the damage caused to the forest and environment by the waste they left behind," said Jeffrey D. Sweetin, special agent in charge of the DEA's Denver office. "The public's safety is also at risk for those who recreate on our public lands due to these trafficking groups operating there."
DEA said Mexican migrant workers had been recruited to work at the site and harvest plants.
Mr. Sweetin said growing marijuana on public land in the United States has become attractive to drug cartels ......outdoor operations can be set up for relatively little money.
Authorities are concerned about the legal ramifications of such sites and the environmental consequences, which, they say, are severe..... these include "damage to the lands due to clearing the areas to prepare the garden site, trash left behind, chemicals used to grow the crop [seeping] into the watershed, and the public-safety issues associated with the recreating public coming in contact with these organizations ....."
In a statement (about the LaBrea 88,000 acre fire), the Forest Service said the blaze was sparked by a "cooking fire in a marijuana drug-trafficking operation ... believed to be run by a Mexican national drug organization.
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Agreed. I was in Pike NF just last week, riding a mountain bike all over it. Destroyed many plants under my wheel as I off-roaded it on the slopes of Squaretop Mountain, just off guenella Pass.
I could not have done that legally in a National Park.
Ironically, I did smoke pot at my highest point in elevation, as is an old habit of mine. I got to about 12,600 ft before I turned around.
And no, I did no see anyone eating tortillas or listening to Mexican music.
End the failed drug war.
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