Mexicans conquer U.S. ‘meth’ trade – WHILE METHAMPHETAMINE LABS IN THE U.S. WERE BEING BUSTED, MEXICAN DRUG GANGS RAMPED UP THEIR OPERATIONS. From: miamiherald.com
Tagged: gangs, MexicoPosted on: May 12th, 2008
A U.S. crackdown on domestic methamphetamine labs has created opportunities for Mexican drug cartels and their ”superlabs” to fill the void.
Law enforcement agencies now consider ”meth” produced in Mexico to be the greatest drug menace in the Western United States and a growing concern across the southeast and mid-Atlantic states, according to a Department of Justice report released this year.
Mexican drug gangs now produce 80 percent of the methamphetamine consumed in the United States, and Mexican officials say the Mexican manufacturers have become adept at meeting the shifting demands of U.S. addicts.”*
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