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''It's not a dragon, it's a hydra,'' [Anthony Roberts] said in a telephone interview yesterday. ''Once there's a gap in the market, people fill that gap.'' | ''It's not a dragon, it's a hydra,'' [Anthony Roberts] said in a telephone interview yesterday. ''Once there's a gap in the market, people fill that gap.'' | ||
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''We figured we would have a big impact if we shut down Mexico,'' one of the investigators said. ''What we didn't see coming is we created a much larger and more complex problem for the D.E.A. We didn't hit the source.'' | ''We figured we would have a big impact if we shut down Mexico,'' one of the investigators said. ''What we didn't see coming is we created a much larger and more complex problem for the D.E.A. We didn't hit the source.'' | ||
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''We haven't even scrubbed the surface yet,'' one investigator said. ''We're essentially dismantling the industry.'' | ''We haven't even scrubbed the surface yet,'' one investigator said. ''We're essentially dismantling the industry.'' | ||
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Mexico's crackdown on drug cartels and U.S. authorities' seizures at sea have helped to sharply reduce the availability of cocaine in 37 American cities, according to a report released Tuesday by federal anti-narcotics officials. | Mexico's crackdown on drug cartels and U.S. authorities' seizures at sea have helped to sharply reduce the availability of cocaine in 37 American cities, according to a report released Tuesday by federal anti-narcotics officials. | ||
| − | "Kudos go to President [Felipe Calderon] and his cops and military," said Michael A. Braun, the Drug Enforcement Administration's chief of operations. "They are very aggressively engaged and working closely with us and other U.S. law enforcement along the southwest border and Mexico in attacking the major cartels." | + | |
| + | "Kudos go to President [Felipe Calderon] and his cops and military," said Michael A. Braun, the Drug Enforcement Administration's chief of operations. | ||
| + | "They are very aggressively engaged and working closely with us and other U.S. law enforcement along the southwest border and Mexico in attacking the major cartels." | ||
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The U.S. government's war on cocaine traffickers is a multipronged effort aimed at eradicating coca cultivation in source countries like Colombia and intercepting the drugs along major trafficking routes in the eastern Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. | The U.S. government's war on cocaine traffickers is a multipronged effort aimed at eradicating coca cultivation in source countries like Colombia and intercepting the drugs along major trafficking routes in the eastern Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. | ||
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"I was a little worried about going out there on the second day," [Wallace Billie] said, "because people by that time should have known we were around." | "I was a little worried about going out there on the second day," [Wallace Billie] said, "because people by that time should have known we were around." | ||
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"We're getting a lot of cooperation from the FBI and the U.S. attorney's office," Billie said. | "We're getting a lot of cooperation from the FBI and the U.S. attorney's office," Billie said. | ||
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"I feel I have a responsibility to the Navajo Nation to help in combating this problem," Lodge said, adding "99 percent of those who are arrested for meth violations find themselves doing significant jail time." | "I feel I have a responsibility to the Navajo Nation to help in combating this problem," Lodge said, adding "99 percent of those who are arrested for meth violations find themselves doing significant jail time." | ||
'''Name''' (Scott Ratterman) [[User:CTResearcher|CTResearcher]] 11:05, 14 November 2007 (PST) | '''Name''' (Scott Ratterman) [[User:CTResearcher|CTResearcher]] 11:05, 14 November 2007 (PST) | ||
Revision as of 19:10, 14 November 2007
Breakup of Drug Ring Is Momentary Victory
Finding and Link Duff Wilson (2007, September 29). Breakup of Drug Ring Is Momentary Victory. New York Times (Late Edition (east Coast)), p. D.5. Retrieved November 14, 2007, from National Newspapers (5) database. (Document ID: 1345158861).
Summary/Reconstruction It's not a dragon, it's a hydra, [Anthony Roberts] said in a telephone interview yesterday. Once there's a gap in the market, people fill that gap.
We figured we would have a big impact if we shut down Mexico, one of the investigators said. What we didn't see coming is we created a much larger and more complex problem for the D.E.A. We didn't hit the source.
We haven't even scrubbed the surface yet, one investigator said. We're essentially dismantling the industry.
Name (Scott Ratterman) CTResearcher 10:41, 14 November 2007 (PST)
Crackdown on cartels, border enforcement cutting U.S. cocaine supply, officials say; Drug policy critics say it's too soon to tell if the data show a milestone has been reached.; [HOME EDITION]
Finding and Link Richard Marosi (2007, October 3). Crackdown on cartels, border enforcement cutting U.S. cocaine supply, officials say; Drug policy critics say it's too soon to tell if the data show a milestone has been reached :[HOME EDITION]. Los Angeles Times,p. B.3. Retrieved November 14, 2007, from Los Angeles Times database. (Document ID: 1351369551)
Summary/Reconstruction Mexico's crackdown on drug cartels and U.S. authorities' seizures at sea have helped to sharply reduce the availability of cocaine in 37 American cities, according to a report released Tuesday by federal anti-narcotics officials.
"Kudos go to President [Felipe Calderon] and his cops and military," said Michael A. Braun, the Drug Enforcement Administration's chief of operations. "They are very aggressively engaged and working closely with us and other U.S. law enforcement along the southwest border and Mexico in attacking the major cartels."
The U.S. government's war on cocaine traffickers is a multipronged effort aimed at eradicating coca cultivation in source countries like Colombia and intercepting the drugs along major trafficking routes in the eastern Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.
Name (Scott Ratterman) CTResearcher 10:45, 14 November 2007 (PST)
Feds give $450,000 to help fight drugs
Finding and Link Bill Donovan (2007, September 20). Feds give $450,000 to help fight drugs. Navajo Times,p. A10. Retrieved November 14, 2007, from Ethnic NewsWatch (ENW) database. (Document ID: 1371700371).
Summary/Reconstruction "I was a little worried about going out there on the second day," [Wallace Billie] said, "because people by that time should have known we were around."
"We're getting a lot of cooperation from the FBI and the U.S. attorney's office," Billie said.
"I feel I have a responsibility to the Navajo Nation to help in combating this problem," Lodge said, adding "99 percent of those who are arrested for meth violations find themselves doing significant jail time."
Name (Scott Ratterman) CTResearcher 11:05, 14 November 2007 (PST)
