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Corrupt Dallas deputy facilitated multinational drug ring

Investigation of a corrupt Dallas Sheriff's deputy led to discovery of an international smuggling ring connecting Mexican drug cartels with the Italian mafia, Jason Trahan at the Dallas News reports ("Mexican cartels unloading drugs to Italian mafia," April 21): "We've got some of the major cartel members established here dealing their wares in Europe," said James Capra, head of the Drug Enforcement Administration's Dallas office. Experts say warring cartels battered by unprecedented U.S. and Mexican government crackdowns are increasingly looking to Europe as an expansion market. Across the Atlantic, demand for cocaine is high and prices are up. A kilo sold for $20,000 in Dallas is worth up to three times as much overseas, experts say...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on April 21, 2009 (boomark / email).