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Mar 24th, 2011 |
By Michel Marizco
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Category: General News, Organized Crime
TUCSON – Three people are accused of trying to buy anti-tank weapons in Arizona for a drug cartel in Mexico. Federal indictments were recently unsealed in Phoenix. Court documents show the three also tried to buy a Stinger missile.
Click here to download the Indictment.
The accused were trying to buy the military weaponry for the Sinaloa Cartel. Court documents show they used pounds of crystal meth for a down payment on the weapons.
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Tags: Arizona, ATF, carrillo, chapo guzman, cocaine, crime, DEA, desmadre, drug trafficking, drugs, guns, homeland security, immigration and customs enforcement, marizco, missiles, Sinaloa, Sonora, Stinger, trafficking, violence, Zetas Posted in General News, Organized Crime |
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Feb 25th, 2011 |
By Michel Marizco
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Category: General News, Organized Crime, Politics
THE BORDER REPORT 
The Mexican Army arrested nine suspects in the murder of an American federal agent working in that country. Officials are calling the shooting a case of mistaken identity. The Obama Administration has lauded the Mexican government for its fast work. But some are suspicious of the arrests. Six of the nine suspects were paraded in front of the media early Thursday. In this photo from El Universal, Jesus Iván Quezada Peña, number three in the lineup, has both eyes swollen shut, his mouth bleeding and bruised. Another’s face was splotched in purple and black.
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Tags: agents, AK-47, border, chapo guzman, cocaine, crime, DEA, drug trafficking, fronteras, Gulf Cartel, ICE, immigration and customs enforcement, Juarez Cartel, marizco, mexico border, Michel, Michel Marizco, monterrey, Organized Crime, shooting, Zetas Posted in General News, Organized Crime, Politics |
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Feb 18th, 2011 |
By Michel Marizco
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Category: General News, Organized Crime
THE BORDER REPORT
This is a story I produced for KJZZ, public radio, Arizona. Note, law enforcement sources I spoke with say police recovered more than 80 shellcasings at the crime scene.
New details have emerged in the attack of two US immigration agents working in Mexico. People familiar with the case say the agents identified themselves to the gunmen. But that didn’t stop the shooters from opening fire and killing one of the men.
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Tags: agents, border, fronteras, Gulf, ICE, immigration and customs enforcement, marizco, Mexico, monterrey, Organized Crime, shooting, trafficking, Zetas Posted in General News, Organized Crime |
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