Adán Amezcua Contreras

Adán Amezcua Contreras

Adán Amezcua Contreras, along with his brothers Jesús and Luis, were the leaders of the Colima Cartel, a Mexican methamphetamine and precursor drug smuggling organization. [Cite news|title=1998 Congressional Hearings Intelligence and Security: DEA Congressional Testimony |publisher=Senate Foreign Relations Committee |date=February 26, 1998 |url=http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/1998_hr/ct980226.htm] [cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/mexico/etc/amezcua.html |title=PBS Frontline: Murder Money & Mexico: The Amezcua-Contreras Cartel |publisher=Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)] [cite web|title=DEA Confirms Arrest By Mexican Authorities of AMEZCUA-CONTRERAS Brothers |url=http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/doj/dea/product/pr980602.htm |date=June 2, 1998 |publisher=Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)] [cite news|title=Mexico Drops Most Charges on 2 Drug Suspects |publisher=New York Times |date=June 10, 1998 |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E01E2D6123AF933A25755C0A96E958260] [cite news|url=http://www.japantoday.com/jp/news/229068 |publisher=Japan Today |date=September 5, 2002 |title=Women take over Mexican drug cartels]

Arrest

On November 10, 1997, Adán Amezcua was arrested in his hometown of Colima, Col., Mexico, on weapons charges. [cite web|title=DEA Confirms Arrest By Mexican Authorities of AMEZCUA-CONTRERAS Brothers |url=http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/doj/dea/product/pr980602.htm |date=June 2, 1998 |publisher=Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)] [Cite news|title=1998 Congressional Hearings Intelligence and Security: DEA Congressional Testimony |publisher=Senate Foreign Relations Committee |date=February 26, 1998 |url=http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/1998_hr/ct980226.htm] Two years later in March of 1999, Adán Amezcua was arrested on money laundering charges, the charges were however dropped 2 months later and he was released. [cite book|title = Organized Crime And Terrorist Activity In Mexico, 1999-2002 |published = Library of Congress |date = February 2003 |url = http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/pdf-files/OrgCrime_Mexico.pdf]

ee also

*Illegal drug trade
*United States - Mexico border

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