U.S. arrests Chinese-Mexican suspected meth king (Reuters)

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

U.S. arrests Chinese-Mexican suspected meth king
Tue Jul 24, 2007 12:46AM EDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The United States arrested on
Monday a Mexican laboratory owner accused of helping
make huge quantities of crystal meth, four months after
police found $206 million cash in his Mexico City mansion.

Mexico's attorney general, Eduardo Medina Mora, said U.S.
authorities had confirmed the arrest of Chinese-born Zhenli
Ye Gon.

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Mexico has requested the extradition of Ye Gon, the
attorney general's office said in a statement. He was
arrested in the Washington suburb of Rockville, Maryland.

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Ye Gon, a naturalized Mexican, is accused of importing
through Mexican ports huge quantities of chemicals used to
make the powerful stimulant crystal meth.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN2339313220070724

[PetrusMonsFormicarum]

1. Good job . . .

unfortunately Nature abhors a vacuum, and some scumbag is going to slip right into the negative space left by this international asshole.

Instead of bandaging the problem, maybe they should go after the three or four (tops) companies that still produce industrial quantities of pseudoephedrine.