“Char”for Borderland Beat
This article translated and reposted from RÍODOCE
Mexico and the United States carried out an operation to dismantle a drug trafficking network operating on both sides of the border that resulted in the arrest of 12 people and the seizure of thousands of fentanyl pills, US authorities reported.
The operation, coordinated between the Mexican Attorney General’s Office and the U.S. Department of Justice, began on June 23 in Nogales, Sonora, where five people from an undisclosed “prolific drug trafficking cartel” were arrested.
At the same location, 120,000 fentanyl pills, seven kilos of methamphetamines, eight kilos of heroin, seven kilos of cocaine, three assault rifles, a pistol and a vehicle were seized.
Seven individuals operating for the same drug trafficking network were arrested in the United States, all of them from Arizona, except for one who is originally from Mexico.
“Transnational drug trafficking cartels pose an unprecedented threat to public safety in both the United States and Mexico,” said U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland in a statement.
For the head of the Justice Department, this operation is a demonstration of the “success” that both countries can achieve when working in a coordinated manner.
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