Mexican Cartel Activity in U.S. May Be Exaggerated
The National Drug Intelligence Center reported there were Mexican drug trafficking organizations active in more than 1,000 U.S. cities, but that depends on your definition of a cartel.
Two years ago, the National Drug Intelligence Center (now defunct) released a report stating that Mexico’s drug trafficking organizations were active in more than 1,000 U.S. cities, but new statements suggest that these numbers may be exaggerated, according to Fox News Latino.
The NDIC report was based primarily on self-reporting by local police agencies and not documented criminal cases involving Mexican cartels, say law enforcement officials and police experts interviewed by The Washington Post.