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Providing the news from a different front but from a war that we must win as well! I recognize the poverty and desperate conditions that many Latinos live in. We, as the USA, have a responsibility to do as much as we can to reach out to aid and assist spiritually with the Gospel and naturally with training, technology and resources. But poverty gives no one the right to break the laws of another sovereign nation.

Saturday, December 22, 2007

Agents seize more than 5 tons of marijuana

Warehouse raid linked to Juárez drug cartel

By Daniel Borunda / El Paso Times

Article Launched: 12/22/2007 12:00:00 AM MST

Federal agents this week seized more than 5 tons of marijuana in a raid at a Horizon City warehouse described as a "major stash house" for a Juárez drug cartel, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said Friday.

ICE officials said the seizure of 10,907 pounds Wednesday was one of the largest in the El Paso area in recent years. Agents arrested four men and seized several vehicles, including tractors and trailers.

The marijuana was scheduled to be shipped to cities, such as Chicago and New York, where it has an estimated street value of $8 million, officials said.

"This is a significant seizure that dealt a strong blow to a major criminal enterprise," David F. Fry, acting special agent in charge of ICE investigations office in El Paso, stated in a news release.

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