Cocaine-Smuggling Sub Intercepted Off Mexican Coast
                   
cnsnews.com     Jul 21, 2008            

Chertoff: US Helped Mexico Detect Drug Submarine By Olga R. Rodriquez, Associated Press Garbage litters the interior of a 10-meter submarine packed with 5.8 tons of cocaine at the port of Salina Cruz, Mexico, Friday, July 18, 2008. Navy vice admiral Jose Maria Ortegon said the submarine, seized off Mexico's southern Pacific coast on Wednesday, was equipped with GPS and a compass and had planned to drop off its shipment on Mexican shores. Four Colombian crew members have been taken into custody.(AP Photo/Luis Alberto Cruz Hernandez) Mexico City - Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Friday that U.S. intelligence led Mexican forces to a small submarine captured this week packed with 5.8 tons of cocaine. Chertoff called the vessel's seizure Wednesday off Oaxaca state in southern Mexico "a great example of our... [read full story]                    


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Mexico outraged over corrupt police, kidnappings

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VDARE.com: 08/20/08 - Kidnapping-A Job Americans Won't Do (But Mexicans Will)

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