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PROJECT DELIVERANCE: By the Numbers
Earlier today, Attorney General Eric Holder announced the results of Project Deliverance – a 22-month, bilateral investigation focused on the transportation infrastructure in the United States used by Mexican drug cartels to distribute illegal narcotics throughout our country and smuggle weapons and cash across the U.S.-Mexico border. As the Attorney General said:
This interagency, cross-border operation has been our most extensive, and most successful, law enforcement effort to date targeting these deadly cartels, and it is a direct result of our ongoing Southwest Border Strategy.
Our aim was to target not just cartel operations, but the networks of individuals across the United States the cartels tap to distribute drugs in our country and smuggle cash and guns out of it.
The investigation has lasted 22 months, with a large sweep taking place yesterday. Take a look at Project Deliverance by the numbers:
On June 9, 2010
Arrests Made = 429
U.S. Currency Seized = $5.8 million
Cocaine Seized = 112 kilograms
Heroin Seized = 92 pounds
Meth Seized = 17 pound
Marijuana Seized = 2,951 pounds
Weapons Seized = 141
Vehicles Seized = 85
Overall
Arrests Made = 2266
U.S. Currency Seized = $154 million
Cocaine Seized = 2.5 tons
Heroin Seized = 1,410 pounds
Meth Seized = 1,262 pound
Marijuana Seized = 69 tons
Weapons Seized = 501
Vehicles Seized = 527
For more information on Project Deliverance, check out the press release, read the Attorney General’s remarks or view the photo gallery.Updated April 7, 2017
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