Tag: fishing
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Drug cartel reeling in huge profits with illegal fishing of red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico, U.S. says
For years, U.S. authorities and fishermen have been complaining about illegal fishing for red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico, and now it’s been revealed who is behind the lucrative trade: a Mexican drug cartel. The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions Tuesday against members of the Gulf drug cartel, which operates in the border cities…