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    1. Mexican Meth Operation Busted in Two Central Valley Counties (CA)



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10 November 2011

Crime Voice


FRESNO – A dozen people were arrested in connection to a meth ring that traces back to a notorious drug cartel in Mexico.
The Madera County Sheriff’s Office announced this week that an operation carried on Nov. 4 resulted in 12 arrests and the seizure of large amounts of meth and cash. Authorities say the meth ring has ties to “La Familia,” a violent drug trafficking organization in Mexico that smuggles methamphetamine into the United States.
Nearly 70 agents carried out the police operation, serving five warrants in Madera County and four warrants in Fresno County. Among those arrested were a 36-year-old Hispanic man and his wife, 31. The two suspects, who were arrested in their home, are believed to be the head of the local faction of “La Familia.”
Authorities say that the home, located in a new subdivision in Madera County, served as a supply center to carry out the drug business. Agents found four pounds of meth at the home, and six more pounds of meth in a storage locker.
The Madera County Sheriff said that this operation was “a highly organized syndicate believed to be one of the most violent factions, responsible for money laundering, and trafficking mass quantities of methamphetamine.”
He said that the drugs were not made locally.
“This meth is being imported,” he said, and the trail leads down to Mexico.
The amount of meth found during the operation is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, authorities said. Meanwhile, the husband and wife were collecting federal and state public assistance, including financial aid and affordable housing help. The couple has four children ranging in ages from 3 to 13 years old. They are now with Child Protective Services.
Eight other suspects who were part of the drug ring were also arrested. Also arrested during the police operation were two of the drug ring’s customers.
Source: [crimevoice.com/mexican-meth-operation-busted-in-two-central-valley-counties-9494/]

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    1. Suspected Terrorist Charged in U.S. with Supporting Al-Qaeda (NY/GE)

11 November 2011

The Hindu
A 30-year-old Moroccan has been indicted here on charges he helped the al-Qaeda network plot terror attacks.
Abdeladim El-Kebir was charged with conspiring to provide material support, including personnel, training, lethal substances and explosives, to al-Qaeda.
A federal grand jury in Brooklyn returned an indictment against El-Kebir, who was arrested by German law enforcement officials on 29 April 2011, and is currently in custody there.
He was living in Germany illegally after having lived in the country on a student visa.
If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
Moroccan native El-Kebir and two other men arrested in Germany were making a bomb on al-Qaeda’s order that could be used in a crowded place.
According to authorities, El Kebir received training in an al-Qaeda camp near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border after which he returned to Germany to carry out the attack.
Source: [www.thehindu.com/news/international/article2617599.ece]

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    1. 138 Arrested in Oakland during Multi-Agency Sweep (CA)

10 November 2011

KALW News
A six-day joint operation between Oakland Police and nine other federal and local law enforcement agencies netted 138 arrested, seized 13 guns, two bulletproof vests and $32,000 in cash along with assorted narcotics and a stolen vehicle. Suspects were arrested on outstanding felony warrants including murder, attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, robbery, and narcotics trafficking, in addition to 14 sex offenders who were found in violation of their conditions of release.
The interim Police Chief announced the conclusion of the sweep, which began on 4 November this morning alongside the U.S. Attorney for Northern California, the Mayor, the City Administrator, the U.S. Marshal, the Alameda County District Attorney and the director of the Northern California High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area.
The law enforcement collaboration was a direct response to the violence Oakland has suffered through this year, with almost 30 percent more murders this year than at this point in 2011. “There are two Oaklands,” said the Mayor. “One is very thriving and very successful, but we also have big pockets of poverty, our 100 toughest blocks,” where much of this six-day operation took place.
Over the better part of last week, more than 100 law enforcement agents from OPD, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms, the U.S. Marshals, the California Highway Patrol, the Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Secret Service and the California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation conducted more than 385 searches throughout the city. One such operation near 8th & Washington Streets in downtown Oakland raised fears in the Occupy Oakland encampment of another police raid – neither the Mayor nor the Chief would comment on plans for a rumored eviction of the camp in the immediate future.
Among the weapons seized were a heavily-modified 12-gauge Mossberg shotgun with a laser sight and a fully-automatic Sten Gun, a World War II-vintage 9mm machine pistol that had been repaired by hand.
The District Attorney said the six-day sweep, which took two months to plan, is the first of a serious of collaborations between Alameda County and federal law enforcement.
“This is just one of many operations where we’re taking individuals off the street,” she said.
Source: [informant.kalwnews.org/2011/11/138-arrested-in-oakland-during-multi-agency-sweep/]

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