More expensive drugs by Claudia Sonea

According to US and Mexico officials there was achieved a new record in the drugs war by capturing some powerful traffickers, reducing the number of murders among gangs and US cocaine supplies. Therefore the price for a gram of cocaine on U.S. streets rose to $118.70 between January to June and the cocaine purity also fell 11 percent according to Rafael Lemaitre, a spokesman for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. However, the official figures will be released on Tuesday by John Walters in San Diego. In comparison with the European drug market that is in continuous increase, the US and Mexico markets will have a long-term decline in cocaine trade predict some law enforcement agents. Still, the Colombian and Mexican drug lords have a history in finding new routes to smuggle the merchandise from South America to USA. The hope comes from the President Felipe Calderon who seems to hurt the drug smugglers who are turning towards North areas. Since he was officially named last December, he sent 25000 troops to settle things in areas like the western state of Michoacan. Also traffickers like Osiel Cardenas, head of the notorious Gulf Cartel based just south of Texas, were extradited to the US. Sandra Avila, known as the Queen of the Pacific, was caught by the police. That is why the gangs prefer to maintain a low profile and avoid the troops. US tries to give a hand of help and surveilles the coast along the Pacific and in Florida. However, Michael Sanders, a Washington-based special agent at the U.S Drug Enforcement Administration, stated that is hard to eliminate them due to the fact that once a leader is captured another member, right behind him on the Pyramid scale takes his place. Will this be the end? Stay connected more to come.

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by Claudia Sonea for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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