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DRUGSFROM PAGE A1arrest in 1996.Medina Garza’s record in Texas is considerable, said Gus Reyna, spokesman for the Cameron County Sheriff’s Office.Medina Garza was jailed in 1991 at the detention center in Hidalgo County for possession and intent to distribute marijuana.He remained in jail for 224 days, Reyna said.Becerrin said Medina Garza operated 30 shrimp boats from Campeche to Tamaulipas and receiveddrugs at sea coming from northern Colombia.“It (the drugs) came from the port of Riohacha, Colombia, and were taken to the Dominican Republic to be transported later to international waters,” Becerrin said.There, said the spokesman for the special prosecutor, at about 200 miles from Mexican shores Medina Garza’s shrimp boats received merchandise brought by speedboats from the Dominican Republic and other nations.When Medina Garza joined the Gulf cartel in 1990, he was put in charge of coordinating land transportation of drug ship-' ments of the Cali cartel.
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Brownsville Herald
Brownsville, Texas, US
Sat, Nov 04, 2000
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