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What Happened to the Million Cash & the Suspect?

by Michael Webster Investigative Reporter

June 2, 2008 6:00 p.m. PST

U.S. Currency confiscated in traffic stop by El Paso County Sheriff’s Office.

 

Back in January of this year the El Paso Journal reported that an El Paso County sheriff’s deputy pulled over a Freightliner Tractor Trailer on Friday Aug 18, 2008 at I-10 mile marker 45 in the eastern part of EL Paso county. While conducting a search of the trailer he discovered about $1 million in cash.

The sheriff’s dept claims a deputy pulled the tractor-trailer over at about 2:48 p.m. After noticing the vehicle was “weaving in and out of traffic,” sheriff’s spokesman Rick Glancey said. The deputy requested backup after noticing that the driver of the tractor-trailer was acting Read the rest of this entry »

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Plant A Billion Trees Campaign

A campaign to plant a billion new trees is being welcomed by environmentalists, but with a warning by some that in certain regions it could do more harm than good.

While the campaign claims that each tree uses up 26 pounds of co2 emissions and in return produces enough oxygen for a family of four, planting the right trees is important to help the world improve her ecological and environment balance.

In areas that historically have suffered from a lack of rain, and in areas where global warming could potentially produce deserts, new trees that use a lot of water could have a serious affect on their biodiversity.

Eucalyptus trees can consume two thousand litres of water Read the rest of this entry »

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Global Warming Could Turn Tax Haven Cold

Extended hotter summers and the environment have been much talked about subjects in royal circles since Prince Charles started to use his position to push it up the agenda.

Now a new royal has entered the debate, and Monaco’s Prince Albert recently joined Prince Charles at his innovative Poundbury village in Dorset.

The significance that it was Charles’ 58th birthday wasn’t overlooked by a Monaco travel guide.

‘Since Albert came to power he has made the environment his number one priority. And just as Prince Charles has become known for his views on everything from architecture to climate change, so has Prince Albert. Of course Albert’s position isn’t as important as Charles’ as future King of England, Read the rest of this entry »

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Big and Dangerous U.s. Gangs Making Alliances in Other States and Countries

 
By Michael Webster: Investigative Reporter Aug 11, 2008 12:01 AM PDT
 
United States gangs are expanding their sphere of influence here and around the world. Many gangs are much more sophisticated now days and are run much like military units and corporations and therefore are much more of a threat to law enforcement as well as citizens.
U.S. gangs have forged illegal business connections with other gangs in the states as well as in Mexico and Afghanistan seeking more lucrative drug markets.
 
These alliances make them much more dangerous and this organization is much more threatening. Many of the American gangs buy or are fronted drugs from the new alliances from as far away as Afghanistan Read the rest of this entry »

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Reaping Results With Efforts of the War on Drugs and Terror

 

BY MICHAEL WEBSTER: INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER Oct 12, 2008 1:00 PM PDT

 

The war on drugs is a war on terror and the war on terror is a war on drugs. They are interwoven and law enforcement believes they are inseparable. The Taliban and Al-Qaeda  are growing poppies and producing heroin in Afghanistan and distributing those drugs via ships, aircraft and ground mules to Iraq, Turkey, Europe and Mexico to help raise cash.                                    

Countries in South America like Columbia, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia are growing, producing and distributing cocaine to Mexican drug cartels that in turn have Mexican and American gangs distribute throughout the United States, Europe and other countries around the world.

According to Michael A. Braun, DEA Chief Read the rest of this entry »

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