Law Enforcement Cracks Down on Drug Cartels in Colorado
By Nick Sutton, Gabe Monte, and Michael Elizabeth Sakas | The Gazette
Anti-narcotics federal agents conducted raids in Denver and Colorado Springs on Wednesday, hinting the operations focused on rooting out money-laundering activities.
Authorities divulged few details.
“The DEA Rocky Mountain Field Division, along with our partners from Homeland Security Investigations, FBI, IRS, and our state and local partners conducted law enforcement operations in the Denver and Colorado Springs areas today," the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's Rocky Mountain Division said in a statement late Wednesday.
Agents in Colorado Springs seized a phone, bags of cash and computers from multiple El Ranchito restaurant-grocery store locations.
"It seems like they're trying to accuse us...