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Friday, November 06, 2009

El Paso Car Theft Ring With Drug Cartel Ties Busted


Associated Press
      EL PASO — Police have broken up an El Paso car theft ring with ties to a Mexican drug cartel.
    Thirteen people were arrested Thursday after local, state and federal authorities raided an El Paso warehouse being used to strip parts off stolen cars.
    Police said the car theft ring's leader answered to two fugitives in Ciudad Juarez, just across the Rio Grande from El Paso. Police said the two are members of La Linea, a cell of the Juarez drug cartel.
    At least 10 people arrested Thursday also face federal drug charges for their roles in the theft ring thought to be responsible for millions of dollars in car thefts over at least the last year.
   

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