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On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > From: *Travis* > Date: Fri, Jan 23, 2009 > Subject: Mexican Drug Traffickers Increasing Operations in D.C. Area > > > > http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=42412 > > Mexican Drug Traffickers Increasing Operations in D.C. Area, Says Intel > Assessment > Friday, January 23, 2009 > By Ryan Byrnes > > > Mexican soldiers inspect a house where marijuana plants being grown were > found in Tijuana, Mexico, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. Special forces soldiers > found some 170 marijuana plants, in a room used as a greenhouse, and > detained a suspect. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias) > *(CNSNews.com)* - Mexican drug syndicates, determined by the Justice > Department to be the greatest organized crime threat to the United States, > have ongoing operations in the Washington, D.C., area, that are expected to > increase in the coming year, according an analysis produced in June by the > Justice Department's National Drug Intelligence Center. > > The 2008 Drug Market Analysis for the Washington/Baltimore High Intensity > Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) says Mexican drug trafficking organizations > (DTOs) transport and distribute most of the marijuana and methamphetamine in > the region and that the groups are becoming increasingly involved in the > transportation and distribution of the area's cocaine and heroin supply. > > The Washington/Baltimore HIDTA includes Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Md., > and nine Virginia and Maryland counties surrounding the two cities, plus > Richmond, Va., and four counties surrounding that city. > > Mexican DTOs and criminal groups are the primary wholesale distributors of > commercial-grade marijuana in the W/B HIDTA region, while Vietnamese > criminal groups with ties to Asian DTOs in Canada have emerged as the > principal distributors > of high-potency marijuana in the region," says the analysis. > > "Most of the methamphetamine available in the W/B HIDTA region is > transported to the area by Mexican DTOs from Georgia, North Carolina, and > Texas," it says. > > The drug assessment said Mexican DTOs are expected to increase the amount > of drugs they bring to market in the Washington/Baltimore region in 2009. > > "Mexican DTOs, operating primarily out of transshipment centers in Georgia > and North Carolina, will most likely increase their wholesale distribution > of cocaine, heroin, marijuana and, to a lesser extent, methamphetamine, in > the HIDTA region in the coming year," says the report. "These organizations > have well-established transportation and distribution networks which will > enable them to supply wholesale quantities of illicit drugs to the region." > > "Declining local methamphetamine production and the growing presence of > Mexican DTOs in the HIDTA region may lead to increased availability of > Mexican ice methamphetamine," says the report. "Mexican DTOs already > dominate the transportation and wholesale distribution of other illicit > drugs in the region, using well-established routes and methods that would > easily allow them to increase the flow of ice methamphetamine to the region > should demand increase." > > "The growing Hispanic population in the region has enabled Colombian, > Dominican, Mexican and, increasingly, Guatemalan and Salvadorian criminal > groups and gangs with ties to drug source and transit countries to operate > more easily," the assessment said. > > Officials say the threat is nothing new, but that it is a serious public > safety concern. > > "Mexican drug trafficking organizations have been established, essentially, > across the entire nation for years," said Dean Boyd, a representative with > the Justice Department. "The narcotics threat is one that is ongoing. It is > alarming and it is a public safety concern." > > Boyd said that law enforcement organizations in the Washington/Baltimore > HIDTA have a number of programs in place designed to prevent drug use and > drug crime in the area. > > Garrison Courtney, a spokesman for the Drug Enforcement Administration, > said Mexican drug syndicates have established marijuana-growth facilities in > southern cities such as Atlanta and Miami which have made transporting the > drug to eastern cities easier. > > Though Courtney said Colombian cartels still dominate the local heroin > industry, the drug assessment said Mexican traffickers are becoming > increasingly involved in the transportation and distribution of heroin in > southern Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley. > > Courtney said that while the threat of drugs is not specific to the > Washington area, it is an issue that will require the attention of both > society and government. > > "People need to be aware that the drugs are here," he said. 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