Examining the Drug Threat Along the Southwest Border: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources of the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session, September 24, 1999 |
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Page 101 - Mexico produced 6 metric tons of heroin last year. A current study being conducted by DEA indicates that as much as 29% of the heroin being used in the US is being smuggled in by the Mexico-based organized crime syndicates. Mexican "black tar" heroin is produced in Mexico, and transported over the border in cars and trucks.
Page 100 - We have not only identified the drug lords themselves, but in most cases, the key members of their command and control structure. The combined investigations of DEA, FBI, the US Customs Service and members of state and local police departments have resulted in the seizure of hundreds of tons of drugs, hundreds of millions of dollars in drug proceeds and most importantly, several significant indictments. In fact, some of the leaders of these organizations — Ramon and Benjamin...
Page 99 - Cali leaders' imprisonment in Colombia and the successful attacks by law enforcement on their US cells, traffickers from Mexico took on greater prominence. A growing alliance between the Colombian traffickers and the organizations from Mexico worked to benefit both sides. Traffickers from Mexico had long been involved in smuggling marijuana, heroin, and cocaine across the USMexico border, using entrenched distribution routes to deliver drugs throughout the United States. The Mexico-based organizations'...
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Page 140 - A process which incorporates the multitude of skills and expertise within each of our organizations, in order to more effectively interdict the flow of narcotics, illegal aliens and other contraband. BCI was launched in late September 1998, at a conference in Washington, DC that was...
Page 98 - Herrera-Buitrago— amassed fortunes and ran their multi-billion dollar cocaine businesses from high-rises and ranches in Colombia. Miguel Rodriguez Orejuela and his associates composed what was, until then, the most powerful international organized crime group in history. They employed...
Page 145 - ... 100-150 kilos at a time in a rapid fashion. These groups are subsequently storing the drugs in warehouses and other locations in some of the major urban areas along the border. • Once a sufficient quantity of drugs is acquired, the groups then move the illegal drugs to major urban areas in the interior of the United States for distribution. These areas include Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, and New York. The California border has become a low cost provider of all types of drugs.
Page 100 - Individuals sent to the United States from Mexico, often here illegally, contract with US trucking establishments to move loads across the country. Once the loads arrive in an area which is close to the eventual terminal point, safehouses are established for workers who watch over the cocaine supplies and arrange for it to be distributed by wholesale dealers within the vicinity. These distributors have traditionally been Colombian nationals or individuals from the Dominican Republic, but recently,...