Border Patrol Nabs $26 Million Worth Of Marijuana
Border Patrol-Jackpot Haul
POSTED: 9:54 pm CST January 30, 2012
EDINBURG, Texas (AP) -- It was a jackpot weekend for U.S. Border Patrol agents in South Texas.
A Border Patrol statement says agents seized nearly 33,000 pounds -- or 16 1/2 tons -- of marijuana over the weekend in South Texas.
The biggest bust came Sunday, when agents and Starr County sheriff's deputies seized more than 3 1/2 tons of pot Sunday at a ranch house north of Garciasville, about 90 miles up the Rio Grande from Brownsville.
The patrol values the 640-plus bales of marijuana at more than $5.7 million.
Another seizure came Friday, when undercover agents seized 1,500 pounds of marijuana with an estimated value of more than $1.2 million from several people loading bundles of marijuana into a pickup truck near Escobares, 100 miles up the Rio Grande from Brownsville.
Border Patrol Nabs $26 Million Worth Of Marijuana - Local News Story - KTBS Shreveport
Police Suspect in 75 Drug Cartel Killings Captured
Police Suspect in 75 Drug Cartel Killings
MONTERREY, Mexico January 30, 2012 (AP)
Authorities say they have captured an alleged member of the Zetas drug gang who confessed to killing at least 75 people in northern Mexico.
Nuevo Leon state Attorney General Adrian de la Garza says Enrique Elizondo Flores told investigators 36 of his victims were bus passengers traveling through the town of Cerralvo, near the border with Texas.
De la Garza said Monday that Elizondo was detained Jan. 20 but that authorities needed to verify details of his confession before announcing his arrest.
De la Garza says the 35-year-old suspect told investigators he was in charge of stopping the arrival of the rival Gulf drug cartel members to the towns of Cerralvo and General Trevino.
Police Suspect in 75 Drug Cartel Killings - ABC News
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