The mission was supposed to be a textbook controlled delivery a routine trap by law enforcement officers using a secret operative posing as a truck driver to bust drug traffickers when their narcotics are delivered to a rendezvous point. Instead, things spun out of control. Shortly before the marijuana delivery was to be made Monday, three SUVs carrying alleged Zetas Cartel gunmen seemingly came out of nowhere and cut off the tanker truck as it rumbled through northwestern Harris County, sources told the Houston Chronicle. They sprayed the cab with bullets, killing the civilian driver, who was secretly working with the government. An undercover sheriff’s deputy, who was driving nearby in another vehicle, was wounded, possibly by friendly fire from officers arriving at the scene. We are not going to tolerate these types of thugs out there using their weapons like the Wild, Wild West, said Javier Pena, the new head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Houston Division. We are going after them. Everybody is surprised at the brazenness, Pena continued as he stressed a full court press by the DEA, the sheriff and police. We haven’t seen this type of violence, which concerns us. SNIP A contingent of law enforcement officers had been covertly shadowing the truck as it eased its way through the Houston area to deliver a load of marijuana fresh from the Rio Grande Valley. As the gunmen attacked, officers quickly jumped into the fray and also opened fire on the attackers. The truck kept rolling until it careened off the roadway and came to a halt. SNIP Four suspects, all believed to be citizens of Mexico, were arrested and charged Monday with capital murder in connection with the shooting. (Excerpt) Read more at mysanantonio.com …
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