Thread: Mex. Drug Cartels Active Nationwide, Obama Admin. Ofcs. Say

Mexican Drug Cartels Active Nationwide, Obama Administration Officials Say

Tuesday, March 02, 2010
By Penny Starr, Senior Staff Writer

(CNSNews.com) – A senior Obama administration official said on Monday that Mexican drug cartels are being targeted inside the United States more than along the border with Mexico, echoing remarks last week by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano that cartels are operating throughout the country.

Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs David Johnson made the remarks at a State Department press briefing when CNSNews.com asked if the plan to combat drug trafficking and money laundering around the world included dealing with Mexican drug cartels in the United States.

Johnson said that U.S. law enforcement agencies are in charge of combating the cartels, but that those agencies have had success targeting those operations on America soil.

“Yes, there’s a broad impact in the United States of cartel operations that are based inland from Mexico,â€

[quote]“These cartels are big. They're organized. They have fingers that reach into hundreds of American communities,â€

havent we the people known this for three years or more????

why is what the american people coming out and saying what the american people already know

What a flip-flop for Napolitano, I think. Her famed comment that the "system worked" in re the undies bomber, must have gotten her a few sharp words from Obama.
But this still does not address the unlying problems, beginning with illegal immigration (looking for a better life, and when that disappears, turn to the local countryman who can supply an income in drug dealing) and our crappy border security, plus not inspecting absolutely everything that comes into this country. It may slow down trans-national trade, but I would feel safer for it.