done. they say they have arrested a powerful drug kingpin. he was reportedly arrested at his own birthday party. he was taken into custody in mexico just across the border from texas. police say he is one of the leaders of the gulf cartel, one of two gangs battling for control of smuggling routes into the united states. the u.s. state department offered a $5 million reward for his capture. bob strang is a former special agent with the drug enforcement administration and the current ceo of investigative management group, an international security firm. he joins us by phone from new york city. thanks so much for joining us mr. strang. how significant is this arrest? good morning, fredricka. this is major. you have to remember, this gang was responsible for large shipments over a long period of time, over ten years, that were coming from mexico to the united
done. they say they have arrested a powerful drug kingpin. he was reportedly arrested at his own birthday party. he was taken into custody in mexico just across the border from texas. police say he is one of the leaders of the gulf cartel, one of two gangs battling for control of smuggling routes into the united states. the u.s. state department offered a $5 million reward for his capture. bob strang is a former special agent with the drug enforcement administration and the current ceo of investigative management group, an international security firm. he joins us by phone from new york city. thanks so much for joining us mr. strang. how significant is this arrest? good morning, fredricka. this is major. you have to remember, this gang was responsible for large shipments over a long period of time, over ten years, that were coming from mexico to the united states. you re talking about cocaine, marijuana. also because they were able to free up the borders and get control over
received hundreds of death threats when he ruled that a group of illegal immigrants could sue an arizona rancher for $32 million because he was making citizen arrests. that situation was so severe a u.s. marshal stepped in for round the clock protection for the judge a whole month. i spoke with a friend of judge roll s and it didn t affect his job but because judges are so important to our democracy. they tend to get a lot of attraction. they said that arizona is a mecca for prejudice and bigotry, judges have been attacked for decades with bullets and bombs. the reason that law enforcement experts say threats have skyrocketed recently is because people have so many different forums now to lash out. listen. we re seeing more and more cases where individuals are more
unit with the sheriffs. when i first did one of these, we had an incident that made us quite nervous when a group came in started saying incendiary things and we had a little bit of conflict of people in the crowd. we have done things like that. i think that is the sort of thing that has to become more the norm. it sounds like other members of the congress are going to want to follow your example and bring in local police for these events. thank you for being with us. thank you. we ll continue to keep you updated on congresswoman giffords. we cannot forget that six people died including chief federal judge john roll. served for 20 years in a district that sprawled across the west. we are learning that he was no stranger to violence himself. peter is live in washington. as you said, john roll presided over a lot of controversial cases. back in february 2009, he
subscribed to the group s publication or attended them. some of answers are coming along way. james rosen in d.c. today. the congresswoman was shot at very close range of the bullet entering her head from the rear and then traveling out the front of the school. doctors say she is responding to commands. they are cautiously optimistic she will recover. the surgeon peter reid described her condition earlier today? it wasn t a little grazing wound, this was a devastating wound that entire length of the brain on the side. they saved the patient s life. so with the function that she had before the surgery and shows how many danger the bullet did but shees she had a lot of preservation to make it as well as it can.