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Probe of Mexican Zetas leads to Chicago arrests

18.11.2011 [12:12]
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Baku, November 18 (AZERTAC). Federal agents have arrested 13 people as part of a probe into the alleged multimillion-dollar shipments of drug money between the Chicago area and Mexico`s brutal Zetas cartel, authorities said Wednesday.

The FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration arrested 12 people Tuesday in Chicago and another during a simultaneous raid in Laredo, Texas, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney`s office. Five people of the 20 total indicted in the probe remain at large, another was already in custody and one is hospitalized.

Authorities said they seized more than $12.4 million in cash and approximately 250 kilograms of cocaine last year from Chicago-area safe houses. An additional $480,000 and two kilograms were seized during Tuesday`s raids, they said.