7/30/2019 Mexican Drug Cartel Crime and Violence within
California
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Mexicandrugcartelsrule
ourlocalforests2006
Twochargedwithshootatlawenforcementtoprotecttheir
marijuanagardeninNa=onalforest -
Marijuanaplanta=ongrowerswithillegallyobtainedguns
andammuni=onfound
growingonpublicland-2010
Cartelrungrowhousebustedandfoundtohavehighpoweredriflesandguards.
CountySheriffsissuedreverse911calltoresidentstowarnthemofarmedmarijuanagrowersintheforestandtoavoidgoingontopublicland.-2010
Onlycountytonothavereportedcartelrelated
criminalac=vity.
Firefightershotatbymarijuanagrowersinforest
whiletryingtofightfire.2008
Sheriffsruninwithmarijuanagrowersonpublic
landwhowerefoundwith165firearms.-2010
SheriffshotbyMexicanna=onalduringmarijuanagrowingopera=onraidonNa=onalforest
land.-2002
GunfightbetweengrowersandSheriffs.-
2002
-Firefoundtobestartedbycartelmarijuanafieldgrowers.Burnedmorethan136
squaremiles.-2009
-Bodyofillegalalienfoundinsleepingbagwithgunshotwounds.Sheriffsfound=es
tocartel.2007
-89,000acresofLaBreaFirefoundtobesparkedbycartelmarijuanagrowing
opera=on.2009
FatherandSonshotandwoundedbycartelmarijuanagrowersin
AngelesNa=onalForestaWerstumblinguponplanta=on.-2001
Sheriffsraidillegalmarijuanacul=va=onsite.Severalassaultweaponsfoundonsite.2010
Ageologystudentaccostedatgunpointforbeingnearamarijuanafield.-2007
3,600marijuanaplantsfoundwithdrugcartelsignsatsite.-2007
-ThreeMexicanna=onalsarrestedat
drughousehave=estocartel.Jan,.
2011
-Marijuanafieldsfoundinforest.
Fatherandtwosonsmurderedbyillegalaliencriminal
whowasprotectedfromdeporta=onbythecity.-2008
Severalcartellinkedmarijuanafieldsfound.-2011
Bodyfoundnearmarijuana
growsitewithseveralgun
shotwounds.2008
omanhitandloseslegsfromdrunkdriver
foundtobehereillegallyandwasouton
proba=onfromanotherDUIincident.2008
Lawenforcementconfronta=onwitharmed
marijuanagrowerslinkedtocartel.-2010
Potfarmslinkedtocartelravagingparklands.2006
Drugcartelsopera=ngmarijuanafieldson
publiclandintheSierraMtn.range.-2009
Bodyfoundinorchardconnected
tomethrobberyand
cartelfights.-2010
Twoburnedbodies
foundnearmarijuana
growsitewithover
50,000plants.-2007
15peoplearrestedinconnec=onwith
largedrugcarteltraffickingring.2009
Vanfoundwith209lbs.ofprocessed
marijuanalinkedwithcartel.-2010
25arrestedinconnec=onwithganganddrugtrafficking,andillegalgunsalesac=vi=es.
-100acresofforestburnedaWermarijuanafarmcaughtfire.2007
-bodyofman=edtocartelfoundon
thesideofruralroad.-2010
Cartelaffiliate
openedfireon
officersraidinga
marijuanafarmin
foothills.-2007Bodyofknowncartelaffiliatefoundonthesideofthe
road.Causeofdeath:gunshotwounds.-2009
31,000marijuana
plantcartel
opera=onfoundin
forest.2010
SheriffsraidcartelmarijuanagardeninFeatherFallsarea.ThreesuspectsapprehendedwithAK-47s.-2003
CartelmarijuanafieldsfoundbySheriffsandtwodeathsinshoo=nglinkedtocartelac=vity.
58,000marijuanaplantsseizedfromcartel
forestopera=ons.
Cartellinkedtwomurderforhirearrests.
Assaultrifles,1,000roundsofammuni=on,
andabout$20,000incashfoundatscene.
Feb2011
Countydetec=ves
seized12firearms,
thousandsofdollars,
andmorethan800
lbs.ofprocessed
marijuanainraid
linkedtocartel.-
Arrestof13peoplefordistribu=onofmethfoundlinkedtoMexicandrugcartel.Feb2011
-Cartelgangmemberconvictedinmurderand
robberyandthreateningwitnesses.2010
-twocartelgangmembersjumpedaNa=onalGuard
soldierandstolehiswallet.-2009
Drugbustof500lbs.ofmethlinkedtocartel.-2010
27peoplearrestedonconspiracyandracketeeringchargesincludingmurder,kidnapping,drugsmuggling,andmoneylaundering
foundtobeconnectedwithcartel.2010
-cartellinkedinkidnap-murderringthatdissolvedtwovic=msinacid.Impersonatedpoliceofficerstokidnapvic=ms.2009
-BorderPatrolAgentkilledbyillegalimmigrants.2010
-womanbrutallymurderedwithmachete.Suspectat-largeandhasbeencaughtfrequentlyillegallycrossingborder.March2011
Manarrestedfortwocountsofconspiracytocommit
murderand43otherchargesfoundtobeconnectedto
drugcartel.-2009
Sheriffsfoundanddestroyedthousandsofmarijuanaplantsinbustwith=estocartel.-2008
Dangerousstreetgang18thSt.foundtobedirectly
linkedwithMexicanandColombiandrugcartel
55.000marijuanaplantsopera=onfoundtohave=es
toMexicancartel.-2010
-ViolencebetweenNuestraFamiliaandMexicanMafiaresult
inalargenumberofdeaths.2008
-70lbs.ofheroinfoundincarofmaninthecountryillegally
and=edtoSacramentoStreetGang.-2009
TwomencaughtmanufacturingassaultweaponsintendedforMexicancartel.-2010
Manstoppedfortrafficviola=onthreatensaDeputyandclaims
tobeaffiliatedwithviolentdrugcartelinMexico.-2010
-MarijuanafarmsfoundinSantaCruzMtns.Relatedto
CartelviolencewithlocalhikersandDFGwardens.2005
-MexicanandSalvadorangangsfoundtocontrolmuchof
drugtradeanddealingincounty.-2010
CountyNarco=csTaskForcebustedmajorMexicandrug
traffickingring.Feb2011
3,600plantmarijuanafieldfoundinYosemiteNa=onalParkbySheriffs.Two
Mexicanna=onalsinthecountryillegallyweretakenintocustody.-2010
40,000marijuanaplantfieldfoundbySheriffswasoperatedbycartel.2010
16,000marijuanaplantfieldfoundinmountains.OperatedbyCartel.-2009
100acresofpubliclandburnedbecauseofmarijuanafieldopera=onsinmtns.Bycartel.-2007
Cartelsgrowingmarijuana
fieldsinmtns.2003
Narco=csEnforcement
raidedmethlabranby
Mexicanna=onallinkedto
cartel.-2008
23,000marijuanaplantopera=onrunbycartelbustedbySheriffs.2009
