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Top 3 in Mexican drug gang targeted in U.S. indictment
Washington Times ^ | Friday, August 1, 2003 | By Jerry Seper

Posted on 07/31/2003 11:01:45 PM PDT by JohnHuang2

Edited on 07/12/2004 4:05:50 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

The leader of a major drug trafficking organization in Mexico has been indicted in a smuggling operation that delivered nearly $50 million in cocaine to buyers in New York, New Jersey, Chicago and California during a 10-month period, Attorney General John Ashcroft said yesterday.


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TOPICS: Front Page News; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cocain; doj; drugbust; jerryseper; mexico; wod; wodlist
Friday, August 1, 2003

Quote of the Day by CedarDave

1 posted on 07/31/2003 11:01:45 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
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To: JohnHuang2; *Wod_list; jmc813
a 19-month undercover investigation led by the Drug Enforcement Administration known as Operation Trifecta. The lengthy probe has led to the seizure of more than six tons of cocaine, 25,000 pounds of marijuana

How many tons got through during those 19 months? The War On Some Drugs is a waste of time, money, and lives.

2 posted on 08/01/2003 5:45:34 AM PDT by MrLeRoy (The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. - Jefferson)
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