10/23/09

RENO, Nev. (AP) _ In the largest single strike at Mexican drug
operations in the U.S., authorities have arrested more than 300
people in a sting that included three arrests in Reno.

The FBI says the ``La Familia'' operation demonstrates a young
cartel's vast reach north of the border. The arrests were in 38
cities from Boston to Seattle and from St. Paul, Minn., to Raleigh,
N.C.

The men arrested in Reno on Thursday were: Gerardo
Vergara-Nunez, aka ``Gallo''; Roque Edwin Gonzalez-Najera and Jose
Diaz-Gutierrez

The FBI in Reno seized three pounds of methamphetamine from a
storage unit, two residences and a vehicle. Agents from Reno also
arrested a fourth man, Mario Rivera-Gonzales, in San Jose,
California.

So far, the charging documents have been sealed.

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