US gov't had 12 year deal w/ Mexican Cartel to operate freely (1 Viewer)

[Wilfredo Ledezma]

The U.S. Government And The Sinaloa Cartel - Business Insider

An investigation by El Universalfound that between the years 2000 and 2012, the U.S. government had an arrangement with Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel that allowed the organization to smuggle billions of dollars of drugs while Sinaloa provided information on rival cartels.

Sinaloa, led by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, supplies 80% of the drugs entering the Chicago area and has a presence in cities across the U.S.,,

But the El Universal investigation is the first to publish court documents that include corroborating testimony from a DEA agent and a Justice Department official.

The written statements were made to the U.S. District Court in Chicago in relation to the arrest of Jesus Vicente Zambada-Niebla, the son of Sinaloa leader Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada and allegedly the Sinaloa cartel’s "logistics coordinator."

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

:honda:

Sons of Anarchy already did this.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Sounds like Fast & Furious.

How did they find these guys to give the weapons to?

Oh yeah.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Yep.

Zambada-Niebla also alleged that Operation Fast and Furious was part of an agreement to finance and arm the cartel in exchange for information used to take down its rivals. (If true, that re-raises the issue regarding what Attorney General Eric Holder knew about the gun-running arrangements.)