The Juarez Tijuana Port Angeles Connection
Port Angeles, along with twenty-three other Washington cities, has a Mexican drug trafficking presence. This is according to the annual report of the National Drug Intelligence Center.
A total of 230 cities have had Mexican drug trafficking activity between 2006 and 2008.
Port Angeles Police Chief Terry Gallagher said: “We have known for several years that some of the cocaine and methamphetamine that is distributed in the region comes from Mexican gangs.”
He said Port Angeles was the only Olympic Peninsula city mentioned in the report, but that’s probably because the Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team (OPNET) is based in Port Angeles.
Ron Cameron, Clallam County chief criminal deputy and OPNET commander, said the designation reflects the entire region and not just Port Angeles. He said: “Historically, we've been dealing with it [Mexican drug trafficking] in this county since 1993. In '07, we took out a significant group that was operating in Western Washington. These things have a tendency to go in waves and cycles.”
According to the federal report: “Mexican DTOs [Drug Trafficking Organizations] are the greatest drug trafficking threat to the United States. They control most of the U.S. drug market and have established varied transportation routes, advanced communications capabilities and strong affiliations with gangs in the United States.”
A total of 230 cities have had Mexican drug trafficking activity between 2006 and 2008.
Port Angeles Police Chief Terry Gallagher said: “We have known for several years that some of the cocaine and methamphetamine that is distributed in the region comes from Mexican gangs.”
He said Port Angeles was the only Olympic Peninsula city mentioned in the report, but that’s probably because the Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team (OPNET) is based in Port Angeles.
Ron Cameron, Clallam County chief criminal deputy and OPNET commander, said the designation reflects the entire region and not just Port Angeles. He said: “Historically, we've been dealing with it [Mexican drug trafficking] in this county since 1993. In '07, we took out a significant group that was operating in Western Washington. These things have a tendency to go in waves and cycles.”
According to the federal report: “Mexican DTOs [Drug Trafficking Organizations] are the greatest drug trafficking threat to the United States. They control most of the U.S. drug market and have established varied transportation routes, advanced communications capabilities and strong affiliations with gangs in the United States.”
Labels: Port Angeles Mexican drug trafficking, Port Angeles National Drug Intelligence Center report, Port Angeles Police Chief Terry Gallagher, Ron Cameron Clallam County chief criminal deputy OPNET
posted by Tom Harper at 3:42 PM
10 Comments:
Prohibition didn't work in the 1920s. It backfired and gave the Mafia the power that it still has today. The drug war is the modern version of prohibition and these drug gangs are probably here to stay.
When will we learn?
Let's decriminalize the "softer" drugs like pot and make it a legitimate business. Takes all the big money out of it, thus decreases the risks and dangers. The harder drugs need to be regulated in some way to take the big profits (and thus gang or Mafia connections) out of them.
What we're doing now sure doesn't work.
Sort of ironic, we're in one of the remotest locations in the country and yet Mexican drug gangs are dealing here. Go figure.
too bad we don't take a hint from the "experiment" in Portugal where all drugs were decriminalized in 2000, funny...drug use has dropped, crime has dropped, and no one is going to jail for drugs -- so the prisons are now able to focus on the real offenders.
This whole thing has been looked at by a number of people in a number of ways and it has been found to be a success. http://www.selectsmart.com/DISCUSS/read.php?16,690121
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/05/world/portugal-s-drug-users-go-to-experts-panel-not-jail.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
This country has too much money wrapped up in making drugs a big scary "war". Too many people make money on it....from legislators, to the police, to the courts and the prison industry ...so don't expect US to actually consider decriminalizing drugs any time soon. We're way to f*ed up for that! America...where we worship money more than common sense...
What's wrong with money? Are you one of these "one world currency" communists?
anon 8:16 p.m. - being against the war on drugs = "communism"? WTF?
Cuff 'em 'n stuff 'em! Support the War On Drugs and the War On Terror!
Hey Fizzy Liddy - our government's "Cuff 'em 'n stuff 'em!" approach is costing us trillions of dollars. I'm glad you think it's worth it.
lizzy, again astounds us with her simple minded, knee-jerk, and silly non-thoughts. Try thinking,reading, researching -- keeping an open mind, Liz....it might hurt your head, at first, but it might be fun.
But... But... But... I thought that drug gangs could never happen here!! *sticks fingers in ears* la la la la la la la, Port Angeles is paradise on Earth, and doesn't have any of the problems the big, scary city has, like drug gangs and homelessness and murder and theft, la la la la la la
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