tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post6234825581665548504..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Sooey! Criminal justice news and notesGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-86104094661745641482011-04-19T23:31:22.124-05:002011-04-19T23:31:22.124-05:00Outposts in the United States.
A member of Mexico...Outposts in the United States.<br /><br />A member of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, he had quietly settled in central South Carolina, put down roots and began managing one of the gang's new outposts in the United States.<br /><br />As the cartels expand up and out from the Southwest border, they are sending waves of men like Pineda, many of them trained in Mexico, to run their U.S. operations. In the last few years, they have established a prosperous retail industry, with cartels staking out "market territories," lining up smuggling routes, and renting storage bins and drug houses.<br /><br />Twice deported after less serious convictions, Pineda looked more like a successful businessman than a drug dealer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com