War With Mexico Spreading to Oklahoma

From NewsOK:

Drug agents arrested a suspected high-ranking Mexican Sinaloa Cartel member in north Oklahoma City this morning during a raid an Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics official said will send shock waves through the law enforcement community.

The target — a 35-year-old Mexican national — represents the strongest evidence to date that the Sinaloa Cartel is trying to establish a foothold in Oklahoma City, which has traditionally been the territory of the equally notorious Juarez Cartel, OBN Executive Director Darrell Weaver said.

The suspect's name as well as the names of others arrested during the sting operation is being withheld because of sealed warrants, OBN spokesman Mark Woodward said. The investigation is ongoing.

"This is a disturbing case," said Weaver, whose agents helped serve 18 arrest warrants and 13 search warrants in an operation that stretched from Tulsa to Elk City. Warrants also were served in Mustang and Norman. At least nine people ranging from users to suppliers were arrested this morning, authorities said.

Undercover agents became aware of their main suspect three months ago, after Arizona passed Senate Bill 1070 — the new immigration law that allows police to search anyone for valid documentation of citizenship.

"Our target received a dispatch from Mexico, and was told to leave Phoenix because of the new immigration law," said an undercover case agent whose name is being withheld to protect his identity. "He was told to set up shop in Oklahoma City. Fortunately, in a very short time, we learned of his presence and were able to infiltrate his operation."

Before I comment any further, it is obvious that the "journalist" who wrote this article has not actually read Arizona's SB 1070.  If you know this journalist, please direct them to read it.  I mean, seriously, it's color-coded and in plain English!  Okay, moving on...

This is a pretty obvious sign that the war with Mexico is about to spread here.  We need our federal government to actually enforce the immigration laws they have on the books, rather than sit idly by and force the states to pass laws that authorize their local law enforcement officers to enforce the neglected federal laws.

However, that is not likely to happen.  With the recent announcement that the Justice Department plans to sue the State of Arizona over SB 1070, it looks more and more like Obama is about to take a cue from Reagan and work towards amnesty without first securing our borders.

(Hat-tip to The McCarville Report Online)