The Mexican drug cartels have supply lines, distribution networks and operational cells in hundreds of communties throughout the United States, and in New Mexico the state's Region II Narcotics Task Force Director Neil Haws has a dire warning as reported by Leigh Irvin for The Daily Times:
"What's happening here is reflective of what's occurring in Mexico," said Haws. * * * Drug-related crimes such as kidnapping, homicide and money laundering are picking up. * * * "These people are already here . . . and I believe it's just a matter of time before what's happening in the U.S. towns bordering Mexico will start to happen here, and our citizens will start to be affected more and more. The problem is here. It's real. And it's what we're dealing with every day," he said.
Earlier this month New Mexico Attorney General Gary King announced the formation of two teams to target money laundering operations in the state as reported by Diana M. Alba for Las Cruces Sun-News:
Gov. Susana Martinez, who was Do-a Ana County's top state prosecutor before taking office in January, said the problem of drug-related money laundering is one she brought to the attention of federal officials about a decade ago in her work as district attorney. * * * "This should have been started a long time ago," she said of King's effort. "We should have moved on it a long time ago. This isn't a new problem."
The Mexican drug cartels have overpowered U.S. law enforcement, and the country is descending into anarchy.
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