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Article: SEN. FEINSTEIN COMMENTS ON ARREST OF JAVIER ARELLANO-FELIX
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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- August 16, 2006
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The office of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., issued the following statement:
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today issued the following statement in response to the arrests of Javier Arellano-Felix and other members of the Arellano-Felix Organization drug cartel by U.S. Coast Guard and other federal officials:
"Javier Arellano-Felix is a heinous drug lord responsible for smuggling hundreds of tons of narcotics into the United States, laundering hundreds of millions of dollars, and ordering the assassinations of rival drug traffickers, Mexican law enforcement, and members of the Mexican news media who printed stories unfavorable toward his cartel.
Today's arrests are a major step ...