Sheriffs: Violent Mexican Drug Cartels Have Infiltrated More Than 3,000 U.S. Cities - Leah Barkoukis

Sheriffs: Violent Mexican Drug Cartels Have Infiltrated More Than 3,000 U.S. Cities - Leah Barkoukis: Near the U.S.-Mexico border, the federal government has posted signs warning passersby that the area they are in is not safe, as they’re entering an “active drug and human smuggling area.” Sheriffs in Arizona even admit that parts of the state are in fact controlled by Mexican drug cartels.

But the dangerous problems associated with the cartels—drug and human trafficking, kidnapping, prostitution, violence, money laundering—are now reaching places in the United States far beyond the Border States.

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