We applaud Governor Brewer, the Arizona State Legislature, Senators McCain and Kyl, and House Member Rep Flake and others for supporting this immigration bill so vehemently in order to stop illegals from flowing into the Country bringing their drugs and gangs with them.
It is time for the Oklahoma Legislature to pass a more comprehensive and stringent Imigration Bill which mirrors Arizona. All Mexican drug cartel members need in jail or run out of Oklahoma for good. The remainder of the 49 states needs to pass the Arizona bill in their own state legislature to drive the drug runners and Mexican gangs back to Mexico where they belong. Oklahoma already has a stringent Immigration bill on the books but tougher legislation is needed after what we have seen since Arizona passed the bill.
Say NO to illegal immigration order to stop what they are doing to this Country by running drugs and breaking the laws that Attorney General Holder refuses to prosecute. Instead, Holder wants to sue Arizona along with the Mexican President to overturn the law. Holder needs impeached for failing to uphold the Rule of Law starting with the dismissal of charges against the New Black Panthers for voter intimidation caught on tape. Because they are black, they get a pass. Voter intimidation deserves jail time no matter what color of skin or nationality.
Narcotics agents arrest suspected drug cartel member in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control agents said they arrested a suspected Mexican drug cartel leader during a raid Tuesday morning.
BY RON JACKSON Oklahoman
Published: June 30, 2010
Agents arrested a suspected high-ranking Mexican Sinaloa Cartel member in Oklahoma City during a drug raid Tuesday, indicating the organization may be trying to move in on the territory of a rival group, an Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control official said.Officers are shown outside a Mustang home Tuesday after making entry at dawn as part of a multiagency drug raid that targeted meth operations throughout the state. Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Control officers teamed with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and local law enforcement to execute 13 search warrants and 18 arrest warrants.
Narcotics agents arrest suspected drug cartel member in Oklahoma City
The man was described only as a 35-year-old Mexican national. Authorities also didn't release names of others apprehended in the raid, which netted two pounds of methamphetamine, one pound of cocaine and $20,000 in cash.
Bureau Executive Director Darrell Weaver said the man's arrest is the strongest evidence to date that Sinaloa Cartel is trying to move in on the Oklahoma territory of Juarez Cartel.
"This is a disturbing case,” said Weaver, whose agents helped serve 18 arrest warrants and 13 search warrants in an operation that stretched from Tulsa to Elk City. Warrants also were served in Mustang and Norman.
At least nine people ranging from users to suppliers were arrested. The names of those arrested during the sting operation were withheld because they were included in sealed warrants, bureau spokesman Mark Woodward said.
Weaver said he and his agents are alarmed that a second cartel is attempting to make serious inroads into this area.
Undercover agents became aware of their main suspect three months ago, after Arizona passed Senate Bill 1070 — the new immigration law that allows police to search anyone for valid documentation of citizenship.
"Our target received a dispatch from Mexico, and was told to leave Phoenix because of the new immigration law,” said an undercover case agent who asked that his name not be used. "He was told to set up shop in Oklahoma City. Fortunately, in a very short time, we learned of his presence and were able to infiltrate his operation.”
Agents discovered a lucrative operation, and according to the undercover agent, an "established market.” Undercover surveillance revealed that an average of 10 pounds of methamphetamine was being shipped into Oklahoma City a week, Weaver said. Ten pounds of methamphetamine can net $180,000 to $210,000 on the streets, depending on its purity.
The suspect tried to maintain a low profile by living in a gated apartment complex on the city's north side. But Weaver said his agents were able to track "hundreds of thousands of dollars in wire transfers” to Mexico, where the money was being used to buy land.
The narcotics bureau alleges the money was being laundered through a nondescript used car lot in Oklahoma City where people socialized more than they sold cars.
"Our target had a previous conviction for drug possession, and had already been deported once from Arizona,” the undercover agent said. "And still he was trusted to set up an operation in Oklahoma City where he personally moved money. How high up was he? He was one step removed from those on the border who make the orders.
"Now he says he can't cooperate because he has family. He knows he's finished.”
Cindy Cunningham, the agency's chief agent on electronic surveillance intelligence, said the suspect had orders to establish similar operations elsewhere, including Denver and Las Vegas.
Weaver described the case as one of the most troubling of his 23-year drug enforcement career. Agents think Juarez Cartel leaders have been preoccupied by infighting and violence on the border, leaving Oklahoma City open for opportunistic Sinaloa Cartel members.
"We were fortunate to infiltrate this organization within two months of the group setting up shop,” Weaver said. "I believe the Mexican drug cartels are the No. 1 threat to the safety of Oklahomans, and we must be vigilant in our pursuit of these individuals who want to rob everything good we want for our state while making themselves rich.
"This case shows the effects other states' policies can have on the safety of our state.”
Source: http://newsok.com/drug-sting-nets-arrests-of-cartel-suspect-others/article/3472436?custom_click=lead_story_title#ixzz0sLYxpILM
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