Mexico
Drug cartel reeling in huge profits with illegal fishing of red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico, U.S. says
The cartel allegedly uses fishing boats to smuggle drugs and migrants — and catch tons of red snapper, a commercially valuable but vulnerable species.
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 s... [5188 chars]