drug war

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sixty people were arrested after a yearlong investigation linking the Iraqi community at El Cajon with Mexico’s most prominent drug cartel, The Sinaloa cartel lead by “El Chapo.”</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The arrests came after a long undercover investigation lead by DEA and El Cajon Police Department, called Operation Shadowbox. Authorities still consider the investigation open and say more arrests might come soon.</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sesenta personas fueron detenidas en un operativo que vincula a la comunidad iraquí de El Cajón con el cartel del Chapo a quien acuden para conseguir drogas, armamento y granadas.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Las 60 personas fueron detenidas tras un operativo&nbsp; de vigilancia de 8 meses, dirigido por la DEA y la policía de la ciudad de El Cajón, al que llamaban Operativo Arenero del que no se descartan más arrestos pues no se ha dado por concluída.</p>

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    Mexico’s ongoing spasm of violence and mayhem is frequently portrayed in the US media as a Mexican phenomenon that threatens to spill across the nation’s borders and sweep up hapless cities in the relentless expansion of powerful, foreign criminal organizations.

    Looking south, many US citizens gasp in horror as they watch a mounting death toll from the so-called drug war and the seeming breakdown of any semblance of civilized behavior and law and order south of the border.

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<p><strong>Ciudad Juarez</strong><strong>, Chihuahua, Mexico</strong> – This week, four men were convicted for their role in the “Villa Salvarcar Massacre,” the now infamous case in which young people – mostly teenagers – gathered at a birthday party on the outskirts of Juarez on January 30, 2010, were gunned down by gangsters, leaving 15 dead and at least 10 seriously injured.</p>

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