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...even question suspects. Though formally attached to the U.S. embassy, they mainly work undercover with paid informers. Much of the time, they are relatively powerless. Says one enforcement officer: "Intelligence is the only game we play down here. For example, some Chicago families have direct links with the Durango Mafia. We listen to the street talk and occasionally we get a report that so many k's (kilograms) are coming up." At that point the Americans pass on the information to Mexican police and hope, often vainly, for the best. "It is not unknown," says a U.S. official...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mexico the Hunters Become the Hunted | 9/8/1986 | See Source »

...cents per mg, and extremely potent: often 60% or 70% pure heroin. Conventional heroin, on the other hand, sells on the street at about $2.32 per mg and is rarely more than 6% pure. The Federal Drug Enforcement Administration has prepared a report citing the Mexican states of Sonora, Durango, Sinaloa and Guerrero as the main source of the new drug form. So far, black tar (also known as tootsie roll and Mexican mud) is most prevalent in the Western U.S., where it has produced an alarming increase in lethal overdoses. In Phoenix, authorities say, black...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drugs: So Hot, It's Killing People | 4/7/1986 | See Source »

...Durango, Colo native says he just relies on hard work and the competition of the games to motivate both himself and his teammates...

Author: By Emily J.M. Knowlton, | Title: The Durango Kid | 11/16/1984 | See Source »

...type of person to make a lot of noise. He's a fine leader and football player," says Cozza. He's from Durango, Go...and is not the kind of guy to parade around selling himself. He's just a genuine human being...

Author: By Emily J.M. Knowlton, | Title: The Durango Kid | 11/16/1984 | See Source »

Because the Durango system has proved so useful, however, the department will spend around $5000 sometime in the next few months to purchase a second storage disk for the system. The first one is already full, with 20 million characters entered in slightly less than five months...

Author: By Robert M. Neer, | Title: Fighting Crime in the Computer Age | 12/3/1983 | See Source »

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