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Agents seize $1.2 billion worth of pot in Calif.

Jul. 23, 2009
Federal and state agents have arrested 82 people on suspicion of growing more than $1.2 billion worth of marijuana in California's Sierra Nevada range. Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims says several Mexican drug cartels are involved in the operations. All...
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Operation nets $1 billion in pot plants

Operation nets $1 billion in pot plants

FRESNO, Calif., July 23 (UPI) -- Fresno County, Calif., sheriff's deputies reported seizing $1 billion worth of marijuana plants in the first week of a marijuana plant eradication effort.

Mexican drug war threatens to move to U.S.

WASHINGTON, May 18 (UPI) -- Violence among the Mexican drug cartels has spilled into the United States, but has been restricted to drug players, federal agents said,

General: Drug cartels linked to terrorism

BALTIMORE, March 9 (UPI) -- The head of the U.S. National Guard Bureau said the link between terrorism and drug cartels along the United States' border with Mexico is increasingly clear.

Ariz.: Gun dealer sold to Mexico gangs

PHOENIX, March 9 (UPI) -- An Arizona man accused of supplying assault rifles to Mexican drug cartels faced trial Monday on forgery, fraud and money laundering charges, prosecutors said.

Gates reveals plan to counter drug cartels

MEXICO CITY, April 30 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates met with Mexican leaders in Mexico City Wednesday about a U.S.-Mexico initiative to counter drug cartels.

U.S., Mexico to target drug cartels

WASHINGTON , Aug. 8 (UPI) -- A massive and costly offensive on Mexican drug cartels is being drafted by the Bush administration with apparent cooperation from Mexico.

Cartels using grenades in drug war

MEXICO CITY, March 29 (UPI) -- Hand grenades are being used in fighting between Mexican authorities and drug cartels on the U.S.-Mexican border, The Dallas Morning News reported Wednesday.

Alleged cartel weapons found in Texas

LAREDO, Texas, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. authorities have confiscated a large weapons cache near the Mexican border allegedly belonging to Mexican drug cartels, El Universal reported Saturday.

Drug cartels linked to cattle business

HOUSTON, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. federal agents, cracking down on money-laundering, reportedly have found two Mexican cattle firms are fronts for drug-trafficking cartels.

Drug barons battle to claim turf

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- After a weekend of bloodshed, Mexico's attorney general Monday said Mexico's drug barons will face difficulty in patching voids in cartels.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch