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Article: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS HOLD JUSTICE DEPARTMENT NEWS BRIEFING
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- August 16, 2006
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JUSTICE DEPARTMENT NEWS BRIEFING
AUGUST 16, 2006
SPEAKERS: PAUL MCNULTY, DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
VICE ADMIRAL THAD ALLEN, COMMANDANT, U.S. COAST GUARD
MICHAEL BRAUN, DEA CHIEF OF OPERATIONS
[*] MCNULTY: We are here today to announce the apprehension of one of the world's major drug traffickers. The Arellano-Felix organization is the largest and most violent drug trafficking organization operation in the Tijuana-Baja -- California-Mexico area.
Eleven individuals representing the top hierarchy of the Arellano-Felix organization, including Francisco Javier Arellano- Felix, were named in an indictment ...