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ateamstupid

04-06-2015 12:02 AM

How the Feds took down cartel's racing empire

http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfa...ng_feature.php

This is a terrific read.

Easy Goer Otis

04-06-2015 04:55 AM

Incredible story. Thanks for sharing ateam. Indeed a fascinating read.

Cheers,

Otis

Benny

04-06-2015 08:50 AM

Thanks for that,incredible story.

dellinger63

04-06-2015 10:13 AM

Quote:

The others were former traffickers who'd worked the Zetas' supply chain between Piedras Negras and Dallas. They were all looking for a deal — a reduction of sentence, usually, though one trafficker, who admitted moving five tons of cocaine a year, avoided prosecution altogether.

Such a deal :wf

Side note Zapata was not the first DEA agent to be killed in Mexico. Enrique Camarena was tortured and killed in, I think, '85 or '86.

Thanks for the heads up on the story.

mclem0822

04-06-2015 11:48 AM

Wow....

Very good piece. Respect the patience these agents have for these lengthy undercover operations. Thanks Ateam.

casp0555

04-06-2015 12:09 PM

Great post Joey....what a story and I've noiced that naming before

"What had started with one horse had evolved into an operation that by the feds' count included as many as 500, spread across stables in Texas, New Mexico, California and Oklahoma. (By coincidence, many of their names included the word "cartel," which is common in horse racing."

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