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 News from Around the Americas | May 2007 
Mexican Drug Cartel Members Caught in Peru
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| | The brothers Jose Antonio Rubina Alarcon, Jaime Hernan Rubina Alarcon are suspected of being members of the notorious Tijuana Drug Cartel. (La Republica) |
More evidence of foreign influence in Peru's drug trade surfaced yesterday when two suspected members of a notorious Mexican drug cartel were caught with with several kilograms of cocaine by Peruvian authorities in northern Lima yesterday afternoon.
The suspects, Jose Antonio Rubina Alarcon, Jaime Hernan Rubina Alarcon (brothers), 35 and 33 years-old respectively, are believed to be members of the dangerous Tijuana Drug Cartel, one of the most feared Mexican drug cartels that supplies most of the drugs that enter the United States from northern Mexico, along with the infamous Sinaloa Drug Cartel.
The men were arrested by police at a house, located in Las Lomas de Carabayllo, were they stored cocaine chlorohydrate brought in from Peru's Ene and Apurimac River Valley (VRAE) in the mountain/jungle region of south central Peru.
According to Peruvian Anti-Drug Agents, the two brothers were on the verge of gathering more than 200 kilograms of cocaine chlorohydrate to transport to Mexico by sea.
Peru has experienced an increased presence of Mexican and Colombian drug cartels who are taking advantage of Peru's usually lax anti-drug enforcement in the secluded areas throughout the Peruvian jungle.
Along with Bolivia, Peru is one of the world's largest producer of coca leaves, the base ingredient to produce cocaine. The plant was used by ancient Indigenous populations who believed the plant had medicinal value. |
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