U.S. drug raids net 300 suspects in assault on Mexican cartel

A series of drug raids nationwide has netted more than 300 suspects in a major assault on the Mexican drug cartel known as La Familia, the Justice Department says in a statement.

The arrests, carried out over two days in 19 states, was aimed at La Familia's distribution network. The Justice Department says law enforcement agents seized $3.4 million in cash, 729 pounds of methamphetamine, 62 kilograms of cocaine and 967 pounds of marijuana.

La Familia is based in the state of Michoacan in southwestern Mexico.

Posted by Doug Stanglin at 11:51 AM/ET, October 22, 2009 in Americas, Crime, Politics, Washington

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