I recall this case just a few weeks ago and it was a much further reaching bust then just El Paso. They arrested several hundred people all told in multiple cities and multiple countries. They went hard and heavy after one of the Mexican cartels which of course had operations all over the south, not just in Mexico. They arrested hundreds of people in Houston, El Paso, Dallas and other places all of whom were connected to the cartel in one way or another.

One more reason to grow your own, if you ask me.
Prodaytrader Reviewed by Prodaytrader on . TX - Major pot-smuggling ring busted Major pot-smuggling ring busted By Darren Meritz / El Paso Times Posted: 05/23/2009 12:00:00 AM MDT EL PASO -- Eight alleged members of a major drug-trafficking organization -- suspected of distributing 25,000 pounds of marijuana a year throughout the United States -- were arrested Friday in El Paso. An investigation headed by the Drug Enforcement Administration's El Paso division found that the group, which federal officials called the Eckenroth drug-trafficking organization, was Rating: 5