Broken Culture Review.....The Mexican Drug Cartel & the New Mexico Gun Violence Epidemic....October 2015
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Mexican Drug Cartels Are a Growing Force in New Mexico.....Echoing complaints made by authorities in other border towns, law enforcement authorities say that Mexico drug cartels are a growing force in northern New Mexico.....The Farmington Daily Times reports that Region II Narcotics Task Force Director Neil Haws says the Juárez cartel has been operating for two years in San Juan County, for example, but that the Sinaloa and Michoacán cartels also have gained ground......Haws recently told Bloomfield city councilors that members of cartels live in the area with their families and recruit local gang members to sell their drugs to avoid detection.....Haws said cartel members find it easy to import the drugs, mainly meth, via wide-open New Mexico roads and reservation lands.....Farmington officials and the San Juan County Sheriff's Office have been lobbying for a federal magistrate for the area....Earlier this month, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said that Mexico’s drug gang violence has become a crime issue in the Lone Star state, and he has sent a request to President Obama to bolster security along the U.S.-Mexican border that runs along the state......Fox News Latino....http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2011/11/21/mexican-drug-cartels-growing-force-in-new-mexico/
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October 2015
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