Dossier
Mexican drug cartel
Coverage of Mexican drug cartel in the Nexus archive.
- ATF seizes 140 firearms in Lincoln County investigation linked to Mexican Cartel
Federal agents, including the ATF, seized 140 firearms in Lincoln County, North Carolina, as part of an investigation into an attempt to traffic weapons to a Mexican drug cartel.
- Feds seize $6.4M worth of cocaine aboard oil tanker at Port of Los Angeles, arrest suspected cartel smuggler
Federal agents seized $6.4 million worth of cocaine aboard an oil tanker at the Port of Los Angeles and arrested Ceasar Tubay Gelacio Jr., a suspected drug smuggler linked to a Mexican cartel. The operation, led by Homeland Security Investigations and the U.S. Coast Guard, involved a Greek-owned, Liberian-flagged vessel, the Motor Tanker Aquatravesia, which was allegedly transporting narcotics for cartel distribution.