Nin-Yaaban Posted October 25, 2009 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- In the largest single strike at Mexican drug operations in the U.S., authorities arrested more than 300 people in a sting that demonstrates an upstart cartel's vast reach north of the border. The tentacles of "La Familia" extend coast to coast and deep into America's heartland, with arrests announced Thursday in 38 cities from Boston to Seattle and from St. Paul, Minn., to Raleigh, N.C. Drug deals went down in Oklahoma parking lots, suppliers were advised to weld drugs into tire rims for transport, and in the Dallas and Seattle areas, dozens of children were removed from houses where authorities found drugs, guns or cash derived from drug sales. Perhaps more than any other cartel, La Familia projects a Robin Hood image. The Drug Enforcement Administration said the group is "philosophically opposed to the sale of methamphetamine to Mexicans, and instead supports its export to the United States for consumption by Americans." Mexican police say the gang uses religion and family morals to recruit. The gang has hung banners in towns saying they do not tolerate drug use, or attacks on women or children. One of the gang's alleged recruiters, detained last spring, ran drug rehabilitation centers, helping addicts to recover and then forcing them to work for the drug gang or be killed, according to Mexico Public Safety Secretary Genaro Garcia Luna. More Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SeeKer Posted October 25, 2009 ^Bal Nin Yaaban is there a reason you are highlighting St Paul/Minneapolis? Something you want to share with the rest of us perhaps? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nin-Yaaban Posted October 25, 2009 Just shows you how far up north they reached...sad. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muriidi Posted October 25, 2009 oh God i hope they don't come to canada...don't let them get past you nin-yaaban. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
