10 tons of cocaine seized in Mexican port town

[ellisonz]

Source: Los Angeles Times

10 tons of cocaine seized in Mexican port town

From Times Wire Services
October 6, 2007

MEXICO CITY -- Mexican soldiers seized at least 10 tons of cocaine Friday after a gun battle with drug smugglers in an eastern port town, the army said.

The shootout took place in Tampico in Tamaulipas state, which is territory claimed by the Gulf cartel, one of the two most powerful drug gangs in Mexico.

The Defense Ministry denied earlier government and media reports that as many as 15 people had been killed in the shootout, but said that at least 10 tons of cocaine had been found in a large truck in the steamy Gulf of Mexico town.

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Seven men were arrested in the raid, which resulted from a tip that led the soldiers to the traffickers. Those arrested were unloading bales of cocaine from the truck, the army said.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-mexico6oct06,0,6329781.story?coll=la-home-center

[happygoluckytoyou]

1. IN A RELATED STORY.....

PRESIDENT BUSH MADE A SURPRISE VISIT TO A SMALL MEXICO TOWN TO CLEAR SOME BRUSH, HEE HEE SNORT SNORT

[truthisfreedom]

2. That's a HUGE amount of cocaine. Nine MILLION grams.

If it's pure, uncut coke, that could end up as 40 million grams of street-grade cocaine, or more. Enough lines of coke for every adult in the US to have one.

[skids]

6. It's probably exactly 11 tons.

...cocaine is shipped (at least by the CIA) in 5.5 ton (5 metric ton) lots.

[fed-up]

7. (11-1=10) maybe the agents had to take some home to test "privately" nt

[Toots]

8. Would really help fill Republican coffers

Bush* must have pissed the Mexican off real bad for him to lose out on this much cash..

[provis99]

3. 10 tons! in one batch?

Why do we even bother with a drug war? It was lost long ago. If they're catching it 10 tons at a time, imagine how much gets through.

[sasquatch]

5. See post #4

[sasquatch]

4. I wonder if the Mexican authorities are trying to disrupt CIA black op functions?

:shrug:
Just a thought.