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Authorities say they've busted large Mexico-to-US drug ring
columbiamissourian.com ^ | 8/8/2018 | MICHAEL BALSAMO

Posted on 08/09/2018 10:26:02 AM PDT by bitt

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nearly two dozen people were arrested Wednesday and charged with using small aircraft to smuggle heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine over the U.S. border at the behest of one of Mexico's most notorious drug cartels, authorities said.

The arrests of 22 suspects come on the heels of a nearly three-year investigation into three drug trafficking organizations that authorities say were working on behalf of the Sinaloa cartel. The groups, which received the drugs from the cartel in northern Mexico, would then stash them in soup cans, inside hidden compartments in cars and used small aircraft — though authorities wouldn't say whether they were manned or drones — to transport the drugs over the border, officials said.

"More than seizing the drugs and the money, this investigation was able to identify the top level Mexico-based traffickers who directed the transactions and who thought they were using secure communications to commit the crimes," said Tracy Wilkison, the first assistant U.S. attorney in Los Angeles.

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...In total, 59 people have been charged as part of the indictments unsealed Wednesday and about three dozen suspects were still being sought by authorities...

(some of those ~5000 sealed indictments just got unsealed...

1 posted on 08/09/2018 10:26:02 AM PDT by bitt
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2 posted on 08/09/2018 10:26:19 AM PDT by bitt (We know not what course others may take, but as for me, Give me Liberty, or Give me Death!)
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To: bitt

Another day, another Mexican drug gang busted.


3 posted on 08/09/2018 10:27:15 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=400><p> zXSEP5Z xnKL3lW XywCCJd)
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To: bitt

Was Sinaloa Obie and Holder’s favorite cartel?

I remember reading that one of them had strong connections to the Chicago drug trade. Also, the Fast and Furious guns that went over to Mexico weren’t randomly distributed... there must have been favored recipients.

Anyone remember more details on this?


4 posted on 08/09/2018 10:29:00 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ("It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
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To: bitt

Obama’s gonna be out some money...


5 posted on 08/09/2018 10:35:50 AM PDT by Hoosier-Daddy ("Washington, DC. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Less competition for Hamas and Hezbollah and their main supporters, the DNC.


6 posted on 08/09/2018 10:51:18 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Less competition for Hamas and Hezbollah and their main supporters, the DNC.


7 posted on 08/09/2018 10:51:18 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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To: NormsRevenge

If memory serves the Sinaloa Cartel is aligned with Hezbollah.


8 posted on 08/09/2018 10:52:56 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Eric Holder Accused of Cover-up in Scathing New House Oversight Committee Report
by ForYourChildren · 35 replies
Politistick ^ | 06/07/2017 | The Politistick Team

The House Oversight Committee released a scathing report Wednesday that accuses former Attorney General Eric Holder and his Department of Justice of covering up Operation Fast and Furious and misleading Congress’ investigation into the botched gun-running operation. The nearly 300-page report states that the Justice Department under Holder actively tried to hide the facts from the loved ones of slain Border Patrol Brian Terry – seeing his family as more of a “nuisance” than one deserving straight answers — and at times being openly hostile to them. {..snip..}


9 posted on 08/09/2018 10:53:47 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: bitt

A 3 year investigation and only 59 people charged? I wouldnt count this as an astounding development. Sounds pretty mediocre to me. Wonder how many got away. The feds are notoriously incompetent esp the FBI. Thats why local cops say FBI stands for Famous But Incompetent.


10 posted on 08/09/2018 11:04:20 AM PDT by Okeydoker
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To: piasa

yep: Margarita Island comes to mind... we had some stuff on FR here under the keyword “margaritaisland”

https://freebeacon.com/politics/the-iran-hezbollah-venezuela-axis/


11 posted on 08/09/2018 11:05:51 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Okeydoker

This is just one bust... there have been a lot more.


12 posted on 08/09/2018 11:06:23 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: piasa

http://freerepublic.com/tag/margaritaisland/index


13 posted on 08/09/2018 11:11:32 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: piasa

Thanks, but I pretty much know about that.

What I was asking was whether or not my recollection that Sinaloa had connections to the Obama/Holder crowd was correct. Your excerpt doesn’t address that.


14 posted on 08/09/2018 11:16:59 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ("It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
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Rule of thumb regarding narcotics interdiction is that app. 20% is intercepted leaving app. 80% to flow freely. Great odds for the cartel, lousy odds for US.


15 posted on 08/09/2018 11:36:49 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: Okeydoker
My dad called them the:

Fumbling Bunch of Idiots

16 posted on 08/09/2018 3:58:21 PM PDT by thingumbob (Antifa. Carrying on Hitler's legacy one beating at a time.)
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To: thingumbob

Smart man, your dad!


17 posted on 08/09/2018 7:21:40 PM PDT by Okeydoker
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To: bitt

Based on the headline, I figured they cut to the chase and arrested the government of Mexico.


18 posted on 08/09/2018 7:24:49 PM PDT by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.)
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