Updates:  10/07/2017 Justice dot gov 29 San Juan Co; NEW MEXICO DRUG ABUSE AND CRIMINALITY Links Brief    Links More Detail     See also:   Cartels     Terrorism (General)     Terrorism (Greek Terrorism/Greek Topics)     Torture Lab Corruption (New Mexico, Aviation related, etc.)     New Mexico Corruption     New Mexico Drug Corruption Police Abuses_New_Mexico     New Mexico Catholic Abuse     Links Brief Drugs New Mexico http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/08/24/the-devil-s-drug-the-true-story-of-meth-in-new-mexico.html http://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/crime/2016/10/11/dozen-convicted-new-mexico-drug-ring/91869848/ https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/2009/01/20/narcotics-heroin-cocaine-biz-beltway- cz_nv_0121drugcities.html&refURL=https://www.google.com/&referrer=https://www.google.com/ http://ideas.time.com/2013/09/27/why-breaking-bad-rings-true-to-me/ http://www.insightcrime.org/news-analysis/tracing-heroin-trafficking-in-new-mexico https://sageclinic.org/17-facts-about-alcohol-and-drug-addiction-in-new-mexico/ Drugs New Mexico Abq Journal: GOP Tries To Tie Denish To Scandal By Mike Gallagher (01/18/2010) https://www.abqjournal.com/news/state/182332446355newsstate01-18-10.htm?splashtop Excerpt:  Leo Hindery Jr. is a cable television and communications mogul based in New York and a big-name Democratic Party activist.         He's also at the center of the latest political dust-up involving the New Mexico's beleaguered State Investment Council and the state's forthcoming elections.    Hindery and Lt. Gov. Diane Denish, the presumptive Democratic nominee for governor in November, have known each other for more than 10 years, and Hindery contributed $50,000 to her campaigns in 2006 and 2007.    Hindery also contributed more than $25,000 to Gov. Bill Richardson in December 2005 and another $25,000 in September 2006..  But Hindery had interests here beyond financial support of the two prominent Democrats.   His InterMedia VII fund landed a $30 million deal from the State Investment Council in May 2006 for a fund that buys media companies, consolidates assets, then sells the companies when they begin to grow. On its face, those facts don't present an obvious political opportunity for Republicans to use in their relentless campaign to tie Denish to Richardson and the ongoing state investment scandals. https://www.abqjournal.com/news/state/182332446355newsstate01-18-10.htm?splashtop The Daily Beast:  The devil’s drug the true story of meth in new mexico (08/24/2013) http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/08/24/the-devil-s-drug-the-true-story-of-meth-in-new-mexico.html El Paso TImes: Dozen convicted New Mexico drug rign (10/11/2016) http://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/crime/2016/10/11/dozen-convicted-new-mexico-drug-ring/91869848/ Forbes: (01/20/2009) Drug Cities including in New Mexico (01/20/2009) https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/2009/01/20/narcotics-heroin-cocaine-biz-beltway- cz_nv_0121drugcities.html&refURL=https://www.google.com/&referrer=https://www.google.com/ Governors Org. Crime Commission: Drug Abuse and Organized Crime in New Mexico (1978 - historical record) https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/51838NCJRS.pdf Ideas:  Albuquerque really is like Breaking Bad By Madeleine Carey (09/27/2013) http://ideas.time.com/2013/09/27/why-breaking-bad-rings-true-to-me/ Insight Crime:  Tracing Heroin Trafficking in New Mexico.  By Kyra Gurney.  (02/12/2015) http://www.insightcrime.org/news-analysis/tracing-heroin-trafficking-in-new-mexico Justice dot gov:   Multi-agency investigation leads charges against 29 indiv’ trafficking in San Juan County, NM (02/26/2014) https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/multi-agency-investigation-leads-charges-against-twenty-nine-individuals-trafficking Federal prosecution into Ayudando Alpha, Inc., d/b/a “Ayudando Guardians, Inc.” (Ayudando Guardians).  (09/01/2017) https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/ayudando-guardians Excerpt:  According to the indictment, Ayudando – which means “helping” in Spanish – receives government benefit payments from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Social Security Administration on behalf of many of its clients, and acts as a fiduciary or representative payee for these clients by paying their expenses and maintaining the balances for the benefit of the clients. The indictment alleges that Harris and Moore, the primary owners and operators of Ayudando, have embezzled millions of dollars from their special needs clients to support lavish lifestyles for themselves and their families. The charges against Ayudando, Harris and Moore are the result of an ongoing multi-agency investigation by the FBI, IRS Criminal Investigation, U.S. Marshals Service , Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General and Social Security Administration Office of Inspector General. https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/ayudando-guardians Sage Clinic:  17 facts about alcohol and drug addiction in New Mexico https://sageclinic.org/17-facts-about-alcohol-and-drug-addiction-in-new-mexico/ Topix: Ex-agents sentenced in drug scandal There are 130 comments on the Farmington Daily Times story from Dec 10, 2008, titled Ex-agents sentenced in drug scandal. In it, Farmington Daily Times reports that:  Two former San Juan County law enforcement agents who worked on a narcotics task force each received six-year prison sentences Wednesday for their roles in a drug distribution ring. http://www.topix.com/forum/county/san-juan-nm/TL4D468U629NRUICA/p3

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