War on Drugs

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)