Jose Joaquin Morales brought six kilograms of the narcotic to the Edinburg airport before offering to pay $23,000 for a flight to Baltimore, Md.U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents later found the drugs hidden in a trash can in the building's bathroom.Drug dogs also picked up the scent of cocaine both in Morales' carry-on bag and a place he had been sitting moments before the discovery, according to a criminal complaint filed in his case.Morales told investigators he had borrowed money to buy the drugs from a Baltimore man and hoped to sell the drugs to pay back a $30,000 debt he owed to someone else for bailing him out of jail on a prior arrest, the document states.He was arrested Friday and has remained in the custody of U.S. Marshals since, pending a detention hearing currently set for Thursday.
If convicted, he would face at least 10 years in prison in accordance with federal sentencing guidelines.
Wednesday 20 August 2008
Tijuana's Rambo,Half an hour drive from San Diego in frontier towns like Tijuana, it's a war zone.
Half an hour drive from San Diego in frontier towns like Tijuana, it's a war zone.
Federal police officers stand on guard in a street of Tijuana, Mexico, on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. Inspectors have raided 15 pharmacies in downtown Tijuana in a search of counterfeit and illegal drugs.
Mexican police are fighting a bloody battle against the drug lords. Since the beginning of the year, more than 1,500 people have been killed, a third of them members of the military and police officers. "This is a war, and in a war, you have tragedies," Tijuana Police Chief Alberto Capella said. "And we are not finished paying the costs." Capella had a near miss, himself, when drug lords showed up at his home in November. He said 20 gunmen laid siege to his house in the middle of the night, firing 250 shots. "The noise is incredible, incredible noise," he said. "They start shooting, and when I saw my room, it [was] illuminated from the bullets."
Capella shot back at them and survived, earning the nickname "Tijuana's Rambo" for his bravery.
Federal police officers stand on guard in a street of Tijuana, Mexico, on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. Inspectors have raided 15 pharmacies in downtown Tijuana in a search of counterfeit and illegal drugs.
Mexican police are fighting a bloody battle against the drug lords. Since the beginning of the year, more than 1,500 people have been killed, a third of them members of the military and police officers. "This is a war, and in a war, you have tragedies," Tijuana Police Chief Alberto Capella said. "And we are not finished paying the costs." Capella had a near miss, himself, when drug lords showed up at his home in November. He said 20 gunmen laid siege to his house in the middle of the night, firing 250 shots. "The noise is incredible, incredible noise," he said. "They start shooting, and when I saw my room, it [was] illuminated from the bullets."
Capella shot back at them and survived, earning the nickname "Tijuana's Rambo" for his bravery.
Three people, including two who worked for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), admitted to taking part in a cocaine and heroin ring
Three people, including two who worked for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), admitted Wednesday to taking part in a cocaine and heroin smuggling operation at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
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