Drug Cartels Conducting 'Obvious' Forays Into New Mexico Drug Trade, Officials Say
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. -- Southern New Mexico law enforcement agencies say drug investigations in Dona Ana County are related to two Mexican drug cartels.
Authorities have confiscated more than $400,000 in four separate seizures as they investigate Mexican drug- and weapons-trafficking organizations.
Metro Narcotics Sgt. Bobby Holden says a narcotics agent and a sheriff's deputy with guns drawn stopped a Mexico-bound car on N.M. 273 in Sunland Park last week.
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Holden says they found four men with two handguns and $40,000 in cash hidden in a floor compartment.
He says the men are being detained. Their names and citizenship have not been released.
Holden says cartels are conducting "obvious" forays into the local drug trade.
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He says every bit of cocaine or marijuana that's sold comes from them, directly or indirectly.