(Washington DC) – Yuma’s representatives are informing the community about new updates from the American Sheriff’s Alliance.
The Union of American Sheriffs met last week in Washington, DC to discuss the continued rise in overdose deaths and violence that plague jurisdictions in all parts of the country. All of these troubling patterns can be traced back to Mexico’s Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation Cartels, her two major drivers of illegal drugs into the United States. Both are transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) that border Mexico south of the US border.
On September 11, 2001, terrorists killed 2,977 innocent people and our country was outraged. America’s response included declaring a war on terrorism and bringing justice to the victims of this unimaginable tragedy by holding terrorists and terrorist nations accountable.
Last year, on December 14, 2022, the White House issued a statement regarding the release of interim drug overdose death data by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the 12 months through August 2022. Over 107,000 overdose deaths have been recorded. During this year, it was mostly due to illicit synthetic drugs such as fentanyl and methamphetamine, often used in combination with other drugs such as cocaine and heroin. Despite the incredible death toll that can be directly attributed to illegal drug trafficking into the United States by Mexican cartels, voices call for action and foreign policy changes to address this alarming problem. This crisis has caused 35 times more US civilian deaths in one year than was inflicted on the US by Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden on September 11th.
Mexican drug cartels have a high degree of criminal activity fueled by fear, terror, intimidation, extortion and murder, as well documented by the successful prosecution of Joaquín Archibald Guzman Loera, also known as El Chapo. increase. These criminal gangs are directly responsible for the increase in deaths, human trafficking, sex trafficking and unprecedented violence occurring in cities and counties across the country. These cartels and their operatives seek to use any means necessary to get deadly drugs and violent criminals into our communities, not just our southern borders, so their influence extends beyond our northern borders. It also extends to maritime borders.
Greg Champagne, Sheriff of St. Charles Parish, Louisiana and president of the National Sheriffs Association (NSA) said: All Americans must join us to demand that our government focus on this crisis and take the necessary actions to eliminate these criminal networks and activities. ”
“This is not a partisan issue. This is a life or death issue,” said Bill Brown, Sheriff of Santa Barbara County, California, and vice president of the Major County Sheriffs Association of America (MCSA). I was. “Two criminal syndicates, the New Generation Cartels of Sinaloa and Jalisco, operate with near impunity in Mexico, producing and trafficking fentanyl and other deadly drugs that kill more than 100,000 Americans each year. The American sheriff calls for meaningful changes in our foreign policy, and the federal government is urging the Mexican government to take aggressive action to disrupt and destroy these illegal cartels. Great pressure must be applied.The current situation is intolerable and intolerable.”
Grand County, Colorado Sheriff Brett Schrotlin, president of the Western State Sheriff’s Association (WSSA) said: This is not an urban, suburban or rural issue. These large, well-funded criminal syndicates are killing, enslaving, and destroying families and communities. Americans should demand the government provide the necessary resources to eliminate these organizations at home and abroad, as they did after the horrific events of 9/11.
“This is not an immigration issue. This is a public safety and public health issue. Not only is sexual assault, human trafficking, enslavement, terror and terror ravaging our neighborhoods here in the United States, said the Sheriffs Coalition (SWBSC). We are asking everyone who knew the people who died or their families to bring their voices to the elected officials of the federal, state and local governments who have the power to create the change needed.”
Eusebio Salinas, Zavala County, Texas Sheriff and Chairman of the Texas Border Sheriffs Coalition (TBSC), said: Comprehensive action to identify and destroy these criminal activities wherever they may exist. Until our elected officials rise up to fight this epidemic that is sweeping this country, we will keep records related to the number of loved ones that continue to be lost each year at the hands of these violent cartels. keep building up. ”
The American Sheriff Alliance is at liberty to use every sanctions and accountability tool available to its elected officials to combat the atrocities committed against our country and its citizens by the New Generation Cartels in Sinaloa and Jalisco. Without such action, these dangerous cartels will continue to destroy the very fabric of our families and communities.
