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Alleged cocaine quality control tester for Mexican drug cartel extradited to US
Fox News ^ | 2/25/25 | Louis Casiano

Posted on 02/26/2025 2:02:16 AM PST by Libloather

She was sniffed out by the feds.

A Mexican woman responsible for testing the quality of cocaine being trafficked by a drug cartel has been extradited to the United States and charged by federal prosecutors, the Justice Department said.

Irma Elvira Cruz, known as "Huzipol" and "Madre," 60, was indicted earlier this month on federal charges of conspiracy to unlawfully import cocaine into the United States and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute.

"Cruz allegedly played a critical role in the trafficking of hundreds of kilograms of cocaine into the United States," said acting U.S. Attorney Richard Moultrie, Jr. "Cruz’s extradition from Mexico is an important step in holding her accountable for her alleged role in bringing dangerous drugs into the United States and into our local communities."

Cruz was an associate of an unnamed drug trafficking organization in Mexico and was allegedly responsible for the quality control testing of cocaine transported from Colombia to Costa Rica and Mexico, with the intent of being smuggled into the U.S., authorities said.

She allegedly conspired with others in Mexico, Colombia, Guatemala and elsewhere to coordinate the transportation of cocaine from Colombia for distribution in Mexico and the United States, including Atlanta.

Cruz was specifically responsible for testing cocaine destined for Atlanta, federal prosecutors said.

On Sept. 3, 2015, she traveled to Heredia, Asuncion, Costa Rica, to allegedly test the purity of the cocaine to be smuggled into the United States. The next day, authorities stopped vehicles being driven by Cruz's associates leaving a stash house.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Health/Medicine; History
KEYWORDS: cartel; cocaine; drugs; mexican
I believe Irma's street name is Hoover.


1 posted on 02/26/2025 2:02:16 AM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Are we sure it’s not Hunter Biden in drag?


2 posted on 02/26/2025 2:08:58 AM PST by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children)
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To: Libloather

Oh for the good old days, when cocaine was kept in porcelain containers in the kitchen, and Adolphus Bayer tried to invent a version that cleared your sinuses without being addictive. (The invention was heroin.)

It was good enough for FDR...and it’s not anything for me.


3 posted on 02/26/2025 2:10:43 AM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Libloather

“Cocaine Quality Control Tester” seems like one of those jobs that sounds great, but the reality of it is the job is terrible. Kind of like being asked to impregnate a lesbian, sounds great until you see what real lesbians often look like.


4 posted on 02/26/2025 2:10:46 AM PST by Antihero101607
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To: Antihero101607

It is worse than you think. Cocaine quality at the wholesale level is tested chemically, not by experimental use. And, contrary to what the media portrays, from what I have seen, lesbians tend to be not only odd and ugly, but they are usually also souls in torment with dismal personal histories of being victims and generally disliked.


5 posted on 02/26/2025 3:12:01 AM PST by Rockingham
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To: Libloather

Hunter ?


6 posted on 02/26/2025 3:48:44 AM PST by Ken Regis (I concur )
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To: EvilCapitalist

Slap it to her to the full extent of the law.


7 posted on 02/26/2025 4:51:27 AM PST by oldtech
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To: Libloather

Whittling away at the infrastructure...


8 posted on 02/26/2025 5:08:23 AM PST by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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Do you have to take a drug test for this particular line of work?


9 posted on 02/26/2025 5:33:52 AM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Rockingham

Back in the old days, druggies grabbed up a wino and dose them with LSD to see if it was good, or perhaps test out the batch.


10 posted on 02/26/2025 6:42:58 AM PST by Clutch Martin ("The dawn cracks hard like a bull whip and it ain't taking no lip from the night before" Tom Waits)
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