ICE arrests Sinaloa cartel member carrying weapons, ammo: sources

A member of the Sinaloa cartel was arrested in Texas by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over the weekend and was discovered to be carrying three rifles, two pistols and greater than 3,000 rounds of ammunition, sources inform Fox Information. 

The person — who’s from Mexico — was taken into custody in El Paso, the sources added. Throughout the U.S., ICE operations this previous weekend resulted in additional than 1,000 arrests.

The top of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) mentioned final 12 months that the U.S. is dealing with the “most harmful and lethal drug disaster” in its historical past with fentanyl and methamphetamine flowing throughout the border — and that the “Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartels are on the coronary heart of this disaster.” 

“They function clandestine labs in Mexico the place they manufacture these medication after which make the most of their huge distribution networks to move the medication into the USA,” DEA Administrator Anne Milgram wrote in her company’s annual Nationwide Drug Menace Evaluation.

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Pistols, rifles and ammunition discovered over the weekend following ICE’s arrest of a Sinaloa cartel member in El Paso, Texas, sources say.

“The Sinaloa Cartel additionally makes use of border tunnels to cross medication into the USA undetected,” she added. “Many of the tunnels aren’t constructed by the cartel however are a part of the border cities’ sewage and water techniques.” 

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ICE brokers knock on the door of a residence throughout a multi-agency focused enforcement operation in Chicago, Sick., on Sunday, Jan. 26. (Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photos)

Final week, alleged Sinaloa cartel cell chief Octavio Leal-Hernandez, who “is believed chargeable for trafficking giant quantities of methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin and marijuana into the USA from Mexico,” entered a not responsible plea throughout a federal courtroom look following his extradition from Mexico, the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace for the Southern District of California mentioned. 

The alleged Sinaloa member’s arrest in El Paso comes as stories are additionally rising that the Trump administration is pushing ICE to extend the variety of arrests per day from a couple of hundred to between no less than 1,200 to 1,500 individuals.  

An ICE agent waits in a car throughout a multi-agency focused enforcement operation in Chicago, Sick., on Sunday. (Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photos)

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Citing 4 sources who spoke on situation of anonymity a couple of purported inside name with ICE officers on Saturday, The Washington Submit first reported concerning the new goal, categorizing the 1,200 to 1,500 day by day targets as “quotas,” though a spokesperson for the Division of Homeland Safety informed Fox Information, “Objectives is the proper phrasing.” 

Fox Information’ Danielle Wallace contributed to this report.