50 in N.C. arrested in nationwide bust of Mexican drug traffickers

More than 50 people in eastern North Carolina have been arrested in a nationwide sting against a major Mexican drug trafficking cartel, authorities said Tuesday.

Authorities also seized $1.7 million, 22 weapons and various narcotics, including approximately 200 kilograms of cocaine, 15 pounds of methamphetamine and 200 pounds of marijuana as a result of the operation, called Project Coronado.

The arrests were part of Project Coronado, a 44-month investigation by federal, state and local authorities in which nearly 1,200 people have been arrested nationally and more than 11.7 tons of narcotics seized.

The investigation targeted the La Familia Michoacana drug cartel. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, it controls drug manufacturing and distribution in southwestern Mexico, including the importation of vast quantities of cocaine and methamphetamine from Mexico into the United States.

The arrests, made in Wake, Edgecombe, Chatham, Halifax, Wayne and other counties, are based on charges ranging from trafficking, conspiracy, robbery and firearms violations.

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How about this.. put a BIG electric fence around the border.. one that will electrocute you if you touch it... have some people with heavy equipment there to umm... dispose of the ones dumb enough to touch it.. I think they will get the picture and stay on their side of the fence.. and you can say.. well they wont do that again.. I will help pay for it!!

mad_dash
November 12, 2009 10:12 a.m.

Funny how all these people say that legalization will eliminate the problem. IT WILL NOT.

There are still LARGE amounts of illegal traffic of alcohol (both moonshine and mass produced.) There is even smuggling and blackmarketing of cigarettes. All it will do is make it easier for drug addicts to hurt people.

smalldogsrule
November 11, 2009 7:38 p.m.

Oh, but the Mexicans contribute so much to our culture!

And someone else was right about the health reform plan-if healthcare workers/hospitals/clinics are not going to be allowed to require proof of citizenship, then the illegals are going to continue to get their free health care just as they always have, even if coverage for them is omitted from the bill. Of course, Obama is going to give them all amnesty anyway so what does it matter??

MSN93
November 11, 2009 5:08 p.m.

Guess they'll become citizens in prison.