Authorities Say Many Busts Coming From Within Cartels

Reported by: Erica Proffer
Last Update: 9:22 pm

Investigators are breaking more and more cases involving cartel members. We're learning a lot of the information is coming from within the cartels.

Drug trafficking in the Rio Grande Valley is up. The DEA says the numbers doubled from just two years ago. We wanted to know why. We did some digging and learned many busts can be traced to who you know.

The amount of drugs coming through the Rio Grande Valley is escalating.

“Marijuana stats have at least doubled in the last two years,â€