New task force targets Mexico drug cartels

“Federal agencies have teamed up with local law- enforcement agencies in a permanent task force to stem the flow of drugs and cash from Mexico and illegal firearms going south.

Aiming specifically at the Sinaloan cartel, six federal agencies along with Phoenix Police Department
and Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office have created a new task force that in its first months has netted 68 arrests, 89 wiretaps and the seizure of $45 million in cartel assets, 106 kilograms of cocaine, 146 pounds of methamphetamine and 4,000 pounds of marijuana. “

(New task force targets Mexico drug cartels)