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Inside the lucrative smuggling operation that sees millions of Chinese cigarettes pass through Texas


Inside the lucrative smuggling operation that sees millions of Chinese cigarettes pass through Texas
Courtesy / Policia Nacional
June 29, 2021
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Not drugs, weapons or gems.
It was cigarettes. Cartons upon cartons of black market cigarettes for export.
An 80-year-old Mission man and two young associates were convicted and sentenced for trying to move the stash. The elder player in the scheme admitted he intended to smuggle nearly 423 million cigarettes through Texas into Mexico.
The case provides a glimpse into the operations of Chinese firms that are well on their way to taking over the global tobacco market.
Although cigarettes seem an unlikely product to smuggle they’re legal in most places they represent a lucrative business that can include big profits and tax savings. And they give those backing the smugglers a way into the economies of other countries and sometimes the leverage to persuade governments to put in place m ....

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Condemned inmate from L.A. dies after being found in cell


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An inmate who spent nearly three decades on California’s death row has died after being found in his cell, authorities said.
Jose Francisco Guerra, 61, was pronounced dead Monday afternoon after he was found unresponsive and alone in his cell at San Quentin State Prison, state prison officials said.
The cause of his death will be determined by an autopsy. There were no signs of foul play.
Guerra was sent to the nation’s largest death row in 1993 after being convicted of the murder of Kathleen Powell, who was stabbed to death in 1990 at her Los Angeles home. Guerra, a construction worker who was remodeling the house next door, was convicted of first-degree murder during an attempted rape. ....

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