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Mexican Assassins a Growing Threat in Texas NewsMax.com WiresDALLAS - At least three drug-related slayings in Texas are being blamed on a team of rogue Mexican commandos accused of orchestrating dozens of murders along the U.S.-Mexico border. Dallas and federal officials say eight to 10 former members of the Mexican Army who defected to Mexico's Gulf drug cartel in the late 1990s have been operating in North Texas since 2003, The Dallas Morning News reported Sunday. Story Continues Below
They are accused in the fatally shootings of a 26-year-old man in December and two 19-year-old men in September. Authorities said they were attacked because they allegedly worked for a rival drug lord. Johnny Santana, a criminal investigator for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, said law enforcement officials consider the former Army members a growing threat to U.S. cities. Jose Luis Santiago Vasconcelos, Mexico's deputy attorney general for organized crime, said many of the crimes attributed to the group probably have been committed by outsiders emulating their tactics.
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