Post by davidsf on Mar 8, 2019 7:10:42 GMT -8
I read an interesting article from a blogger about how a Mexican Newspaper, El Universal, had done years of research into a partnership between the United States Government and the Sinaloa Cartel. Under this arrangement, tons of Sinaloa drugs entered the U.S. and the DEA and ICE got information on competing cartels.
On one hand, if true, events like Fast and Furious would make more sense... but it was so outrageous, I tended to dismiss it as “just a blogger.”
but, then, I came across an article in Business Insider on the same topic.
An investigation by El Universal found that between the years 2000 and 2012, the U.S. government had an arrangement with Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel that allowed the organization to smuggle billions of dollars of drugs while Sinaloa provided information on rival cartels.
Sinaloa, led by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, supplies 80% of the drugs entering the Chicago area and has a presence in cities across the U.S.
There have long been allegations that Guzman, considered to be "the world's most powerful drug trafficker," coordinates with American authorities.
But the El Universal investigation is the first to publish court documents that include corroborating testimony from a DEA agent and a Justice Department official.
One of the links in the article takes us to El Universal’s Archives that contains such information as: a captured drug runner getting permission from El Chapo, his boss, to provide the U.S agents with information on other cartels, and
(Click to enlarge it)
this sounds accurate. It would explain a lot of crap, I clueing why we can never win “the drug war.”
What are your thoughts?
On one hand, if true, events like Fast and Furious would make more sense... but it was so outrageous, I tended to dismiss it as “just a blogger.”
but, then, I came across an article in Business Insider on the same topic.
An investigation by El Universal found that between the years 2000 and 2012, the U.S. government had an arrangement with Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel that allowed the organization to smuggle billions of dollars of drugs while Sinaloa provided information on rival cartels.
Sinaloa, led by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, supplies 80% of the drugs entering the Chicago area and has a presence in cities across the U.S.
There have long been allegations that Guzman, considered to be "the world's most powerful drug trafficker," coordinates with American authorities.
But the El Universal investigation is the first to publish court documents that include corroborating testimony from a DEA agent and a Justice Department official.
One of the links in the article takes us to El Universal’s Archives that contains such information as: a captured drug runner getting permission from El Chapo, his boss, to provide the U.S agents with information on other cartels, and
(Click to enlarge it)
this sounds accurate. It would explain a lot of crap, I clueing why we can never win “the drug war.”
What are your thoughts?
