Sheriffs warn of violence from Mexican cartels deep into interior of U.S.
Outmanned and outgunned, local law enforcement officers are alarmed by the drug and human trafficking, prostitution, kidnapping and money laundering that Mexican drug cartels are conducting in the U.S. far from the border.
U.S. sheriffs say that securing the border is a growing concern to law enforcement agencies throughout the country, not just those near the U.S.-Mexico boundary.
He estimates that cartels have infiltrated more than 3,000 U.S. cities and are recruiting local gangs, former prisoners, and teenagers to do their dirty work; they do digital money-laundering, can hack into government databases and actively recruit our agents to keep one step ahead.
“There’s no doubt they’re spreading themselves very rapidly and very deep into our U.S. interior,” said Mr. Fleming, who directed the documentary “Drug Wars” and has testified before Congress about the drug trade. North Carolina has the second-busiest drug trafficking route in the South, after the region around Atlanta.
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After leaking Tsarnaev pics, would police photographer do it again?
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For months, the pictures Murphy took of Tsarnaev's capture were kept out of the public light since they were the property of the state police.
Then last July, Murphy saw the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, which he, like so many in Boston, thought depicted Tsarnaev as a rock star. He was astonished.
"Oh, it was totally offensive. I think it was anyone who saw that cover knew it was offensive and knew it was wrong," Murphy said."I was upset that they did that. I knew it hurt a lot of people," he said.
In response, Murphy decided to release the photos of Tsarnaev, though he didn't have the authority.
The photos depicted a bloody Tsarnaev with his arms up and forehead colored red from the laser beams of sniper rifles.
"Knowing that I had the images that really showed that that guy, not fluffed and buffed for the cover of Rolling Stone, but as he really looks on the day he was captured, is very simple for me. I knew that people had to see those images," he said.
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