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Key members of Mexican cartel arrested in Utah (Sinaloa Cartel Utah-based crime ring 'decimated')
SFGate.com ^ | 8/30/11 | AP

Posted on 08/31/2011 8:34:30 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

Officials with the federal Drug Enforcement Administration say they took down several bosses from the Sinaloa Cartel in a move they say "decimated" a Utah-based cell of the Mexican crime ring.

At least seven arrests came Tuesday .. part of an 18-month investigation that has yielded more than 30 arrests in Utah, California and Nevada. Authorities have also seized more than 30 pounds of methamphetamine, 200 pounds of marijuana, a kilogram of heroin and a kilogram of cocaine, as well as more than $322,000 and guns.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: arrested; cartel; dea; mexican; sinaloa; utah

1 posted on 08/31/2011 8:34:33 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

“Women and minorities hardest hit.”


2 posted on 08/31/2011 8:36:35 AM PDT by Darteaus94025
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To: NormsRevenge

Will the DEA return the guns to the ATF?


3 posted on 08/31/2011 8:37:51 AM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: NormsRevenge

They will be let go,in Obama’s eyes Mexicans are better than Americans.


4 posted on 08/31/2011 9:00:47 AM PDT by Cheetahcat (Carnival commie side show, started November 4 2008 ,A date that will live in Infamy.)
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Was Gus Fring delivering some Pollo Hermanos?
5 posted on 08/31/2011 10:07:02 AM PDT by troy McClure
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To: NormsRevenge

I live in N Nevada & not a single peep on local news.....

They sure try to cover up all the crime in this area.


6 posted on 08/31/2011 10:10:35 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: NormsRevenge

Damn....with more aggressive investigation....they could be self funding.


7 posted on 08/31/2011 10:11:34 AM PDT by Puckster
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