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High Ranking Cartel Member Says Operation Fast And Furious Was Meant To Supply Guns To The Sinaloa Cartel
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Zambada-Niebla was arrested by Mexican authorities in March 2009 and extradited to Chicago to face drug trafficking charges.
From the court document:
[T]he United
States government at its highest levels entered into agreements with
cartel leaders to act as informants against rival cartels and
received benefits in return, including, but not limited to, access to
thousands of weapons which helped them continue their business
of smuggling drugs into Chicago and throughout the United States, and to
continue wreaking havoc on the citizens and law enforcement in Mexico.
Zambada-Niebla believes that he, like the leadership of the Sinaloa cartel, was "immune from arrest or prosecution" because he also actively provided information to U.S. federal agents.
READ MORE HERE... http://www.businessinsider.com/fast-and-furious-guns-sinaloa-cartel-2012-8
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The global drug war and the Nixon connection
As one indication of how badly the war on drugs has failed, the report cited UN data showing a 34.5 per cent increase in opiate use from 1998 to 2008, along with a 27 per cent increase in cocaine and an 8.5 per cent increase in cannabis.
READ MORE HERE...
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/06/201164135055160347.html
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