DEA’s Yearlong Operation Cracks Down on Mexican Drug Cartels And Fentanyl
A yearlong operation by the DEA that targeted Mexican drug cartels resulted in more than 3,300 arrests and the seizure of a massive amount of fentanyl and firearms.
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American Families of Victims Killed By Drug Traffickers Sue HSBC Bank for Allegedly Laundering Money and Supporting Cartels
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com American families of victims killed by “ruthless” Mexican drug cartels are suing the HSBC Holdings PLC, saying it “knowingly provided continuous and systematic material support to the cartels and their acts of terrorism by laundering billions of dollars for them.” “As a proximate result of HSBC’s material support to the Mexican drug…
Officials: Border Patrol Under Heavy Fire from Mexican Cartels Near Texas
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents came under heavy fire from the Mexican side of the border Friday night, Fox News reports. Authorities believe .50-caliber rounds were fired at the U.S. side of the riverbank near Rincon Peninsula across from Reynosa, Mexico. Sources told Fox News that the gunfire likely came from Mexican drug cartels….
Ex-U.S. Immigration Agent Gets 30 Months for Helping Cartels
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former U.S. federal immigration agent who passed on classified information to families with ties to Mexican drug cartels is to serve 30 months in prison, Reuters reports. Jovana Deas was sentenced Friday following accusations that she illegally obtained and disseminated classified documents as a special agent for the U.S. Immigration and…
Rep. Issa Announces Investigation into DEA Letting Money Flow to Cartels
By Allan Lengel and Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)is attacking Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr. once again, this time for a DEA operation that allowed money to flow to the Mexican drug cartels. In a press release issued Monday, Issa announced that he was investigating the matter, which was highlighted in a front…
Fed Law Enforcement Infiltrating Cartels in Mexico
By GINGER THOMPSON New York Times WASHINGTON — American law enforcement agencies have significantly built up networks of Mexican informants that have allowed them to secretly infiltrate some of that country’s most powerful and dangerous criminal organizations, according to security officials on both sides of the border. As the United States has opened new law…
ATF Grenade Case Linked to Cartels Contributed to Ouster of Top Officials
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The case involving an Arizona man who was let go after being accused of supplying grenades to the Mexican drug cartels, appears to have contributed to the ousting of the Arizona U.S. Attorney and the acting head of the ATF, the Wall Street Journal reports. Reporter Evan Perez reports that U.S….
Atty. For Slain Border Agent May Sue Government
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The family of murdered Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry may sue the government. Fox News reports that the family attorney Paul Chartlon said: “If the evidence shows Brian’s death was proximately caused by the negligence of the federal government, there may be a cause of action. Guns from ATF’s Operation Fast…