China Operations in Mexico - Drug Trade and Money Laundering Shifting Over to Chinese Interests - Colombia Forced to Compromise Over Drugs - Chinese Operations in South America

Ed.'s note: Update on China controlling the Mexican drug cartels that China is now it is alleged to be starting to mechanize them. There has been a lot of activity south of the US border in drug land with China's increased involvement all the way from money laundering, training militias and facilitating the drug trade. Trade in drugs like synthetic opioids is proving there is Chinese involvement.

As China becomes the global leader taking over infrastructure in various countries, it also means we get the criminal syndicates as well. It's not for nothing the US Marines have been deployed to Colombia and will come with some compromises. Too bad about Venezuela, isn't it John Bolton? If China is attempting to come through South America they will be stopped in the Darién Gap overseen by Colombia. How's that for a "trade deal."

Chinese Organized Crime in Latin America

Trade War With China Opens Doors For Mexican Drug Cartels, Federal Prosecutors Say
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Source: Justice Department

Department of Justice 

Office of Public Affairs 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Monday, June 29, 2020

Chinese National Guilty of Laundering Millions for Mexican Drug Cartels

A Chinese national pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with laundering more than $4 million in drug proceeds generated by large-scale cocaine trafficking in the United States.

Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department's Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger for the Eastern District of Virginia; Special Agent in Charge Wendy C. Woolcock of the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) Special Operations Division and Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey T. Scott of the DEA Louisville Field Division; Jason Crosby, Chief of the Criminal Investigations Division of the U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service (DSS); and Special Agent in Charge James Gibbons of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Chicago, Illinois, made the announcement after U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema accepted the plea.

According to court documents, Xueyong Wu, 40, cultivated relationships with Latin American drug trafficking organizations to transport and launder their United States-based drug proceeds. Wu is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 29.

Much of this money was repatriated to Mexico through a complex series of international financial transactions. Wu received a percentage of the money involved in these transactions as compensation for organizing these laundering activities. Much of this money was generated through movement of cocaine or payment for cocaine that took place within the Eastern District of Virginia.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Michael P. Ben' Ary and David A. Peters, along with Trial Attorneys Steve Sola and Kerry Blackburn of the Criminal Division's Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section are prosecuting the case.

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Ed.'s note: The reason why President Trump has taken this position against Canada is because Canada is allowing Chinese military into Canada under China-Canadian agreements to protect China's investments in Canada.

Meet the newest U.S. national security threat: Canada

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