Jan 26th, 2011 |
By Michel Marizco
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Category: General News, Organized Crime
THE BORDER REPORT
This State Department cable out of Wikileaks caught my eye. 51 FBI informants and 10 DEA “liaison officers” were murdered in Mexico between 2007-09.
When we talk about American law enforcement in Mexico, we generally view the Americans as not being part of the game; for the most part, this has held true since the wars began.
But I wonder about these 61 informants and liaisons. Were the 51 also Mexican informants and therefore murdered for that connection or were they killed because of their ties to the Americans? Same for the 10 liaisons. Were they killed because they were Mexican intelligence officers or because they were working with the Americans?
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Tags: Arizona, Arturo Beltrán Leyva., border, caro quintero, carrillo, chapo guzman, cocaine, crime, DEA, drug trafficking, drugs, El Paso, FBI, Juarez, Juarez Cartel, marizco, Organized Crime, Sonora, trafficking, tucson Posted in General News, Organized Crime |
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Dec 16th, 2009 |
By Michel Marizco
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Category: General News, Politics
THE BORDER REPORT
This story’s a few months old but I like it because it shows nicely to what extent the U.S. simply doesn’t invest in punishing high-end drug traffickers.
The United States has entered into a plea agreement with one of Mexico’s most famed drug lords that ensures the man will not spend more than a few years behind bars despite having moved more than an average of 15 tons of marijuana across the border every year of his … illustrious … career.
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Tags: Arizona, border, caro quintero, drug trafficking, marizco, Sinaloa, Sonora Posted in General News, Politics |
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