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U.S. Claims Successes in Drug War
January 7, 2005

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In 2004, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) department, the U.S. Coast Guard, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and other agencies in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security seized record amounts of drugs and claimed successes against two powerful drug cartels based in Colombia, the Washington Times reported Jan. 4.

"ICE achieved unprecedented success, working closely with Colombian authorities and other agencies to interdict a mountain of more than 340,000 pounds of cocaine and 2.6 million pounds of marijuana," said ICE Assistant Secretary Michael Garcia.

The Coast Guard seized 255,233 pounds of cocaine, mainly in the Caribbean and Colombian basin. The figure breaks the single-year record set in 1997.

In addition, key players in the Cali and Norte Valle drug cartels, which were responsible for much of the cocaine smuggled into the United States, were extradited to the U.S.

"It's been a banner year in bringing some of these top guys down," said one ICE official.

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