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Sinaloa cartel member arrested by ICE in Texas: sources


A member of the Sinaloa cartel was arrested in Texas by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over the weekend and was discovered to be carrying three rifles, two pistols and greater than 3,000 rounds of ammunition, sources inform Fox News. 

The particular person — who’s from Mexico — was taken into custody in El Paso, the sources added. Across the U.S., ICE operations this previous weekend resulted in additional than 1,000 arrests.

The head of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) mentioned final yr that the U.S. is going through the “most harmful and lethal drug disaster” in its historical past with fentanyl and methamphetamine flowing throughout the border — and that the “Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartels are on the coronary heart of this disaster.” 

“They function clandestine labs in Mexico the place they manufacture these medication after which make the most of their huge distribution networks to move the medication into the United States,” DEA Administrator Anne Milgram wrote in her company’s annual National Drug Threat Assessment.

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Pistols, rifles and ammunition discovered over the weekend following ICE’s arrest of a Sinaloa cartel member in El Paso, Texas, sources say.

“The Sinaloa Cartel additionally makes use of border tunnels to cross medication into the United States undetected,” she added. “Most of the tunnels usually are not constructed by the cartel however are a part of the border cities’ sewage and water programs.” 

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ICE operation in Chicago

ICE brokers knock on the door of a residence throughout a multi-agency focused enforcement operation in Chicago, Ill., on Sunday, Jan. 26. (Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg by way of Getty Images)

Last week, alleged Sinaloa cartel cell chief Octavio Leal-Hernandez, who “is believed accountable for trafficking giant quantities of methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin and marijuana into the United States from Mexico,” entered a not responsible plea throughout a federal courtroom look following his extradition from Mexico, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California mentioned. 

The alleged Sinaloa member’s arrest in El Paso comes as reviews are additionally rising that the Trump administration is pushing ICE to extend the variety of arrests per day from just a few hundred to between at the least 1,200 to 1,500 folks.  

ICE agent in Chicago

An ICE agent waits in a car throughout a multi-agency focused enforcement operation in Chicago, Ill., on Sunday. (Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg by way of Getty Images)

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Citing 4 sources who spoke on situation of anonymity a couple of purported inside name with ICE officers on Saturday, The Washington Post first reported concerning the new goal, categorizing the 1,200 to 1,500 every day targets as “quotas,” though a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security advised Fox News, “Goals is the right phrasing.” 

Fox News’ Danielle Wallace contributed to this report. 

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