Estancia, N.M. — Officials say smaller, rural New Mexico counties are becoming staging areas for Mexican drug cartels because of their major interstate highways and back roads.
Torrance County Sheriff Heath White.
KRQE-TV reports (http://bit.ly/zJESDR) that New Mexico sheriffs recently heard about the increased cartel activities at a conference near the U.S.-Mexico border.
Torrance County Sheriff Heath White said authorities may never know the true extent of the cartel operations in New Mexico because their purpose here is not violence.
Torrance County Sheriff Heath White said authorities may never know the true extent of the cartel operations in New Mexico because their purpose here is not violence. Instead, he said Mexican drug cartels simply want to move their drugs and remain undetected.
Investigators fear that’s why the cartels here will likely remain quiet.
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