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Cash, Drugs, Ammo Seized in Multi-Year Investigation Targeting Sinaloa Cartel, 3 Charged
Charges were filed Tuesday in federal court against three Mexican nationals who allegedly trafficked drugs for the Sinaloa Cartel, resulting in what agents believe to be the largest single-day seizure of cash, drugs and ammunition in San Diego history.
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Authorities: Top Mexico Official Helped Smuggle Drugs to US
U.S. authorities allege that Mexico’s former defense secretary helped a cartel smuggle thousands of kilograms of cocaine, heroin and other drugs into the United States in exchange for bribes
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Arrests in Los Angeles in Crackdown on Jalisco Drug Cartel
Federal officials in Los Angeles Wednesday announced the results of Project Python, joint-agency operation targeting the Jalisco New Generation Cartel — known as CJNG — a Mexico-based cartel that controls up to two-thirds of the drug market in the United States. Prosecutors said the six-month investigation of CJNG led by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration culminated in 600 arrests throughout…
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Cartel Boss ‘El Chapito Leal' Possibly Arrested After Shootout With Police in Tijuana
Mexican authorities report that a man with the same name as known cartel leader Octavio Leal Hernández, also known as “El Chapito Leal,” was arrested on Wednesday after a shootout with police.