63 shot in Chitown

Mr H said:

For a change, per capita, Chiraq actually outdid Bodymore over the weekend!!

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swinokur said:

Yeah they did. Both teams were shot

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swinokur said:

Yeah they did. Both teams were shot

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A few miles west of downtown, past a terra-cotta-tiled gateway emblazoned with “Bienvenidos,” the smells and sights of Mexico spill onto 26th Street. The Mexican tricolor waves from brick storefronts. Vendors offer authentic churros, chorizo and tamales.

Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood is home to more than 500,000 residents of Mexican descent and is known for its Cinco de Mayo festival and bustling Mexican Independence Day parade. But federal authorities say that Little Village is also home to something else: an American branch of the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel.

Members of Mexico’s most powerful cartel are selling a record amount of heroin and methamphetamine from Little Village, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration. From there, the drugs are moving onto the streets of south and west Chicago, where they are sold in assembly-line fashion in mostly African American neighborhoods.

“Chicago, with 100,000 gang members to put the dope on the street, is a logistical winner for the Sinaloa cartel,” Jack Riley, the DEA’s special agent in charge of the Chicago field division, said after a tour through Little Village. “We have to operate now as if we’re on the Mexican border.”

It’s not just Chicago. Increasingly, as drug cartels have amassed more control and influence in Mexico, they have extended their reach deeper into the United States, establishing inroads across the Midwest and Southeast, according to American counternarcotics officials. An extensive distribution network supplies regions across the country, relying largely on regional hubs like this city, with ready markets off busy interstate highways.

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TargetGrade said:

Only 19, gotta do better than that if one wants to better their own records.

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Mr H said:

Maybe they're just running low on targets??

But seriously...

Just like with Bodymorgue, the Powers that Be won't lift a well-manicured finger until their own oxen are being gored.

Imagine the full-bore response that would ensue should the contagion here spread into Roland Park, Mount Washington, Charles Village, Mount Vernon, or to anyone close to the city "leadership".

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