Texarkana listed as distribution point in drug cartel investigation

By: Susan Lindsey - Texarkana Gazette -

Published: 10/24/2009

A nationwide operation has resulted in the arrest of more than 300 suspected members of a large drug cartel this week, with nearly a third of the arrests occurring in Texas, officials said.

Texarkana was among the many drug distribution points.

The Texas Department of Public Safety, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the FBI and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in conjunction with local law enforcement agencies across Texas, arrested 81 suspected members of the La Familia Michoacana drug cartel in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and Austin areas.

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