Thursday, September 18, 2008

Drug ring spun from Guatemala to Italy

Latin Americans were involved in the large drug bust in Rome yesterday.

Police arrested more than 200 cocaine traffickers in Italy, the United States and Latin America.

Along with Italian mafia members, suspects hailed from Mexico and Guatemala, and police believe 14 of them are masterminds of a drug ring between Latin America, the U.S. and Italy.

"This operation led to the break-up of major parts of one of the most active cartels in cocaine trafficking in Latin America," an investigator said.

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Source: AFP

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