In Kentucky, detectives say cartels have set up small organizations called ‘cells’. “They’ll have a warehouse, you might not know it’s there. It’s in the community, it may be a business front that appears legitimate. It may just be an old farm house where they can stay anonymous, it may be an industrial building where they can do this,” says Tom Gorman of the DEA.
The war in America’s backyard has made its way to Kentuckiana.
Investigators say they’re seeing signs the seven deadly Mexican Cartels are in our area.
It’s so dangerous, some local law enforcement wouldn’t even talk to us about it on camera, partly because of scenes on the Mexico/US border where mass murders, firefights and blood stained streets are the norm.
Cartels are battling one another to supply the US with illegal drugs like marijuana and meth.
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