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DRUGS. GUNS. IMMIGRANTS. CASH.

DRUGS. GUNS. IMMIGRANTS. CASH. Dallas at the Crossroads of the Drug War. Sergio Chapa KGBT-TV January 2011. DRUGS. GUNS. IMMIGRANTS. CASH. _______________________________. Mexico: A Modern, Industrialized & Developing Nation. Population: 112,468,855

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  1. DRUGS. GUNS. IMMIGRANTS. CASH. Dallas at the Crossroads of the Drug War Sergio Chapa KGBT-TV January 2011

  2. DRUGS. GUNS. IMMIGRANTS. CASH. _______________________________ Mexico: A Modern, Industrialized & Developing Nation Population: 112,468,855 Gross Domestic Product: $1.463 trillion dollars Per Capita Income: $13,200 dollars Poverty Rate: 18.2% Unemployment Rate: 5.5% Source: CIA World Fact Book

  3. DRUGS. GUNS. IMMIGRANTS. CASH. _______________________________ Mexican Drug Cartels SOURCE: Stratfor

  4. DRUGS. GUNS. IMMIGRANTS. CASH. _______________________________ Mexican Drug Cartels SOURCE: Stratfor

  5. DRUGS. GUNS. IMMIGRANTS. CASH. _______________________________ Drug War

  6. DRUGS. GUNS. IMMIGRANTS. CASH. _______________________________ Drug War: Death Toll • 30,196 killed since 2006 • 12,658 killed in 2010 • 1 person every 40 minutes SOURCE: Stratfor, Blog del Narco

  7. DRUGS. GUNS. IMMIGRANTS. CASH. _______________________________ Illegal Immigrants Caught in the Middle August 2010: 72 Central & South American immigrants killed by Zetas drug cartel 80 miles south of the border in San Fernando, Tamaulipas. The immigrants refused to help smuggle drugs into the United States. Freddy Lala: One man survived and managed to find Mexican marines back to the ranch where the others were killed. Drug cartels have taken over human smuggling routes often forcing immigrants to smuggle drugs to pay their fees to enter the United States.

  8. DRUGS. GUNS. IMMIGRANTS. CASH. _______________________________ Politicians in the Crossfire Rodolfo Torre-Cantu: PRI candidate for Governor of Tamaulipas gunned down on June 28th, 2010 just days before the July 4th elections. His brother ran in his place and won. Luis Mario Guajardo-Varela: PAN candidate for mayor in Valle Hermoso, Tamaulipas gunned down with two other men on May 13th, 2010. Other PAN candidates dropped out of their races following his death.

  9. DRUGS. GUNS. IMMIGRANTS. CASH. _______________________________ Journalists in the Crossfire Mexico: Deadly Nation for Journalists At least 24 journalists have been killed in Mexico since 1992. Other journalists have been silenced through assaults and kidnappings. Many citizens have turned to social media networks such as Twitter and YouTube to share information about drug shootouts. Carlos Alberto Guajardo Matamoros reporter killed in the crossfire while covering shootout between drug traffickers and Mexican soldiers in November 2010. Source: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

  10. DRUGS. GUNS. IMMIGRANTS. CASH. _______________________________ Texas Border Guns Cash TEXAS MEXICO Immigrants Drugs

  11. DRUGS. GUNS. IMMIGRANTS. CASH. _______________________________ Spillover Violence David Hartley Case Falcon Lake, Texas September 30th, 2010 American man allegedly murdered by Mexican pirates on lake between U.S/Mexico border.

  12. DRUGS. GUNS. IMMIGRANTS. CASH. _______________________________ Spillover Violence Cartel Murder Brownsville, Texas September 30th, 2010 Two men murdered in a drug cartel hit in Brownsville, Texas

  13. DRUGS. GUNS. IMMIGRANTS. CASH. _______________________________ Border Corruption Conrado Cantu Cameron County Sheriff June 2005 Arrested in a drug trafficking case and sentenced to 24 years in federal prison.

  14. DRUGS. GUNS. IMMIGRANTS. CASH. _______________________________ Border Corruption Rey Guerra Starr County Sheriff October 2008 Arrested in a drug trafficking case and sentenced to 5 years and 4 months in federal prison.

  15. DRUGS. GUNS. IMMIGRANTS. CASH. _______________________________ Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

  16. DRUGS. GUNS. IMMIGRANTS. CASH. _______________________________ Dallas: Major Distribution Hub at Intersection of Four Interstates

  17. DRUGS. GUNS. IMMIGRANTS. CASH. _______________________________ Dallas: Major Drug Consumer Market • Methamphetamines • Marijuana • Cocaine • Ecstasy • Heroin

  18. DRUGS. GUNS. IMMIGRANTS. CASH. _______________________________ Dallas: Drug-Related Crime • Gang Violence • Murder • Robbery • Burglary SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice

  19. DRUGS. GUNS. IMMIGRANTS. CASH. _______________________________ Dallas: Drug-Related Crime Luis Campos & Linoshka Torres Oak Cliff February 2007 Young couple kidnapped from a home outside Oak Cliff in a case of mistaken identity. Their bodies were found in a remote area outside Lancaster. A Santería shrine was found nearby.

  20. DRUGS. GUNS. IMMIGRANTS. CASH. _______________________________ Dallas: Drug-Related Crime Bocanegra Kidnapping Gang Richardson May 2007 This group would raid drug stash houses throughout the DFW metroplex. They kidnapped drug traffickers and held them for ransom at a mobile home in southeast Dallas. They were involved in a shootout at a WalMart off IH-30 in Oak Cliff.

  21. DRUGS. GUNS. IMMIGRANTS. CASH. _______________________________ Cheese Heroin: 33 Drug-Related Deaths in Dallas

  22. DRUGS. GUNS. IMMIGRANTS. CASH. _______________________________ Dallas: Source of Guns for Cartels • Gun Seized in Mexico traced to USA • 60,000 guns in past four years • Texas is #1 source state • Houston is #1 source city in Texas • Dallas remains important source Erasmo Arciba Case: Lancaster man bought high-powered guns for the Zetas and was sentenced to 3 years and 10 months in federal prison. Guns stores, pawn shops & gun shows are important sources.

  23. DRUGS. GUNS. IMMIGRANTS. CASH. _______________________________ Dallas: Money Laundering Hub • Billions of dollars are smuggled back to Mexico. • Drug profits are sent from Dallas to Mexico • Cartels are always becoming more inventive • Wire transfers and debit cards are new methods

  24. DRUGS. GUNS. IMMIGRANTS. CASH. _______________________________ Solution: Law Enforcement Federal Response Federal lawmakers want to increase funds for border security but also create initiatives such as the border fence and unmanned drones. Texas Response Texas Gov. Rick Perry wants increased funding for border security. His request for National Guard troops stationed at the border has not been fully granted.

  25. DRUGS. GUNS. IMMIGRANTS. CASH. _______________________________ Solution: Drug Rehabilitation North Texas Rehab Centers Thousands of people enter rehab clinics in the DFW metroplex every year but success rates remain low and sometimes have to go through a program more than once to successfully beat their addiction. Providers have noted that there is not enough public funding for drug rehabilitation programs. The need is more acute for juveniles for whom there is even less funding.

  26. DRUGS. GUNS. IMMIGRANTS. CASH. _______________________________ Solution: Youth Programs • Four-Point Strategy: • Education • Prevention • Intervention • Rehabilitation Juvenile Drug Court Dallas County District Attorney’s Office program allows first-time juvenile drug offenders to avoid a criminal past by enrolling in a special, but strict program.

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