DEA arrest 1985 accused of importing meth from Mexico cartel

Houston Chronicle:

The Drug Enforcement Administration has arrested 1,985 people in Texas and across the country, part of what the agency called a "surgical strike" to take down a network used by a besieged Mexican drug cartel believed to supply the vast majority of the methamphetamine imported into the United States.

At least 44 people in Austin were charged with alleged roles in smuggling drugs and cash on behalf of La Familia Michoacana cartel, the DEA announced Thursday.

"Through their violent drug-trafficking activities, including their hallmark of supplying most of the methamphetamine imported into the United States, La Familia is responsible for recklessly and violently destroying countless lives on both sides of the border," DEA chief Michele Leonhart said Thursday in Washington.

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La Familia's cartel/cult has been under great pressure in Mexico recently with many of its leaders either arrested or killed. This has to be a blow to their distribution infrastructure in this country. I suspect that the pressure in Mexico may have led to some intelligence on their assets in this country. It will be interesting to see if those arrested here have more intelligence to offer on the cartel operations.

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