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US raids hit Mexican drug cartel

Source: BBC
Mexico City : Mexico | about 1 month ago  
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  • Mexican federal police presents suspected members of the Michoacan cartel known as "La Familia" at the federal police center in Mexico City
    Mexican federal police presents suspected members of the Michoacan ...
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  • Federal police search men for drugs and weapons during an anti-narcotics operation in Mexico City
    Federal police search men for drugs and weapons during an anti-...
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  • Mexican federal police escort Jose Roberto Sanchez "El Chivo", 24, suspected member of the Michoacan cartel known as "La Familia" (The Family), at the federal police center in Mexico City
    Mexican federal police escort Jose Roberto Sanchez "El Chivo", 24, ...
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  • A Mexican federal police escort Jose Roberto Sanchez "El Chivo," 24, suspected member of the Michoacan cartel known as "La Familia" (The Family), at the federal police center in Mexico City
    A Mexican federal police escort Jose Roberto Sanchez "El Chivo," 24, ...
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  • Handcuffed suspected members of the Michoacan cartel known as "La Familia" stand behind a table showing confiscated weaponry at Mexico's federal police center in Mexico City
    Handcuffed suspected members of the Michoacan cartel known as "La ...
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  • Federal police arrest a woman on suspicion of possessing and distributing drugs during an anti-narcotics operation in Mexico City
    Federal police arrest a woman on suspicion of possessing and ...
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  • Policemen carry drugs confiscated in a raid on the Jacarezinho slum in Rio
    Policemen carry drugs confiscated in a raid on the Jacarezinho slum in ...
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  • Policemen confiscate drugs in a raid on the Jacarezinho slum in Rio
    Policemen confiscate drugs in a raid on the Jacarezinho slum in Rio
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  • A police rifle hangs near a pile of drugs confiscated in a raid on the Jacarezinho slum
    A police rifle hangs near a pile of drugs confiscated in a raid on the ...
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Mexican federal police presents suspected members of the Michoacan ...
The two-day operation, which involved thousands of police officers in 14 US states, is the latest aimed at the cartel known as La Familia. It was part of Project Coronado, which has led to almost 1,200 arrests over four years, officials said. The cartel is based in the western Mexican state of Michoacan....
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  • Posted By profesor7 profesor7 | about 1 month ago
    Hope they get all of them
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