CenTF Resource Center
The Web-based Resource Center for the Center for Task Force (CenTF) Training Program is a centralized source of current narcotics investigative information for law enforcement practitioners that includes recent articles, available training, grant funding information, and a question-and-answer section. The information contained herein is general in nature. If you are a RISS member, you may find additional resources regarding this material on the RISSLeads Bulletin Board.
CenTF Resource Center News Brief
DEA Announces Arrest of Top La Familia Cartel Member
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Administrator Michele M. Leonhart has announced the arrest of Miguel Angel BERRAZA Villa, a key member of La Familia Michoacana, one of Mexico's most ruthless and violent drug cartels. "The arrest in Mexico of Miguel Angel Berraza Villa, a.k.a. 'La Troca,' a high-ranking lieutenant in the La Familia drug cartel, is the result of the resolute partnership between the DEA and Mexican law enforcement," said DEA Acting Administrator Michele M. Leonhart. "Together with our Mexican counterparts, we will continue attacking the La Familia cartel, which not only controls the methamphetamine supply in several U.S. cities but also has been the source of unprecedented violence in Michoacan, including the recent kidnapping and murder of 12 federal police officers."
Source: http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/pressrel/pr080309.html ...
(U.S. DEA News Release, August 3, 2009)
Border Patrol Sees New Smuggling Trend at Checkpoint Drugs Found Concealed in Vehicle Roofs
United States Border Patrol agents have recently seized 36 pounds of crystal methamphetamine and 91 pounds of marijuana concealed inside the rooftops of vehicles attempting to cross the border from Mexico into California. The drugs confiscated in these seizures represent a street value of almost $600,000. Suspects and drugs were turned over to a multiagency antidrug task force.
Source: http://www.10news.com/news/20022140/detail.html...
(KGTV, ABC Channel 10, San Diego, California, July 10, 2009)
