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Inside the Cartel War Zone: Drug Smugglers Speak to The Wall Street Journal and Confirm Our Worst Fears

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WSJ Interviews Narco-Smugglers: Their Terrifying Motto is “Deliver or Die” and U.S. Destruction Won’t Stop Them

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Washington DC, the Unvarnished Truth Behind the Billion-Dollar Maritime Drug Trade.  A chilling report from The Wall Street Journal has pulled back the curtain on the clandestine, high-stakes world of maritime drug trafficking, confirming what U.S. law enforcement has long asserted: these are not “simple fishermen.” The individuals piloting the 40-foot narco-boats now being intercepted and destroyed at sea are professional, militarized operators of a colossal trafficking machine.

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Passaic County Private Jet Pilot Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison for Cocaine Trafficking

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Ringwood NJ, A Passaic County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 156 months in prison for trafficking hundreds of kilograms of cocaine into New Jersey and New York and then laundering over $10.2 million in cash drug proceeds, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

Khamraj Lall, 52, of Ringwood, New Jersey, was found guilty previously by a federal jury in Trenton of all eight counts of a superseding indictment, including counts charging him with conspiracy to distribute cocaine, money laundering, structuring monetary instruments, and conspiracy to commit money laundering and structuring. U.S. District Judge Anne E. Thompson imposed the sentence today in Trenton federal court.

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