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Caribbean-Latin America
Baja California: Cops Seize 134 Tons of Pot
2010-10-21
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A shootout between Tijuana, Baja California municipal police and suspected drug traffickers Monday has led to a seizure of 134 tons of pot, say Meixcan press accounts.

One unidentified police officer was wounded in the shooting, but is expected to survive his wounds. One unidentified armed suspect was also wounded in the encounter.

The marijuana was found on seven trucks in more than 15,000 packages.

Other national reports say the drugs belonged to the Sinaloa Drug Cartel.

Tijuana is expected to be the focus of intense fighting between the Sinaloa Drug Cartel and the Beltrn-Leyva Drug Cartel in the coming months, as both groups have rearmed. The Sinaloa Drug gang is the primary competitor with the Beltran-Leyva Cartel in western Mexico.


Posted by:badanov

#6  A really good question is why the cartels haven't merged.

Thinking about it a second or two.
If there was only one, no matter how big, You catch one and you catch them all.
Unconnected, it's much harder to end them altogether, catch one, and you've NOT caught all.

Crooks are NOT stupid, that's only how they're displayed on film.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2010-10-21 23:05  

#5  A really good question is why the cartels haven't merged.

To some extent they have. Los Zetas do some enforcement work for the Tijuana gang and have ties to the Juarez gang. It may not escape your attention that the alliances are with gangs that have control of border crossings.
Posted by: badanov   2010-10-21 20:39  

#4  they are too greedy too merge
Posted by: chris   2010-10-21 14:28  

#3  That is gonna put a dent in the Doritos market.
Posted by: DarthVader   2010-10-21 10:16  

#2  It would be logical to assume that the cartels are narcing each others shipments, to starve them of the money they need to fight.

A really good question is why the cartels haven't merged.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2010-10-21 10:05  

#1  That's gonna hurt someone's pocketbook
Posted by: armyguy   2010-10-21 07:34  

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