Topic: DRUGS - on June 13, 2012 at 11:12:00 AM CEST
Mexican drug cartel 'laundered money through US horse breeding'
Oklahoma ranch and New Mexico racing track raided as federal agents claim Zetas gang bought horses with drug money
US federal agents have raided a sprawling ranch in Oklahoma and a prominent horse track in New Mexico, alleging the brother of a high-ranking official in a Mexican drug cartel used a horse-breeding operation to launder money.
An indictment unsealed on Tuesday accused Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, a key figure in the Zetas drug operation, of setting up a horse operation that his younger brother operated from a ranch near Lexington, Oklahoma. Millions of dollars are said to have gone through the operation, which bought, trained, bred and raced quarter horses – a popular US breed – throughout the south-west United States, including the Ruidoso Downs track in New Mexico.
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