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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jose Antonio Medina, aka Don Pepe, is presented to the press in Mexico City. Medina was arrested in the western state of Michoacan on Wednesday. Federal police say he smuggled heroin for La Familia cartel.
WASHINGTON - Mexican criminal organizations have more than doubled heroin production in a year and have cemented their grip as the predominant wholesale suppliers of illicit drugs in the United States, a government report concluded Thursday.
The National Drug Threat Assessment found that Mexican groups were the only drug trafficking enterprises operating in every region of the United States.
The study by a unit of the Justice Department says Mexican traffickers increased the flow of heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana into the United States, while they increased production of those drugs in Mexico.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jose Antonio Medina, aka Don Pepe, is presented to the press in Mexico City. Medina was arrested in the western state of Michoacan on Wednesday. Federal police say he smuggled heroin for La Familia cartel.
WASHINGTON - Mexican criminal organizations have more than doubled heroin production in a year and have cemented their grip as the predominant wholesale suppliers of illicit drugs in the United States, a government report concluded Thursday.
The National Drug Threat Assessment found that Mexican groups were the only drug trafficking enterprises operating in every region of the United States.
The study by a unit of the Justice Department says Mexican traffickers increased the flow of heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana into the United States, while they increased production of those drugs in Mexico.
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