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El Paso police take down drug dealer tied to Mexican cartel

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    Craig Rivera on site of raid

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It's 3 o'clock in the morning here in Texas and members be El Paso sheriff's department.

Are now -- they're getting ready to take down a known drug -- this drug dealers.

Has ties with the Mexican cartel.

They're dealing -- drugs on this side of the border they're basically the foot soldiers and these citizen soldiers harbor.

Preparing to take this guy down.

A paso Texas is on the front line of the drug war south of the border.

And with drug violence spiraling out of control of Juarez Mexico Texas police are struggling to keep their cities today.

Lieutenant Robert Morris is head of the El Paso sheriff's swat team.

Give me an idea of how difficult your job has been over the past couple years.

Well he's obviously been an increase in drug violence cross the border in Mexico we can't wait till after he gets here are preparing.

Street gangs like the past -- have surfaced in El Paso as the American subsidiary.

Mexican drug cartels.

These cops are aggressively confronting them to keep them from turning this down into a battleground.

You're taking down this this one gang member yes he's he's confirmed Azteca gang member and our information indicates that he has picked -- -- is being used by at least one of the cartels.

As street muscle with the El Paso sheriff's department swat team and there -- about to take down a gang member of foot soldier.

Who works for the Mexican cartel or about one minute away from the target area -- right now.

-- -- -- the front door are pulling it off with a rope.

-- -- a -- they're hooking it up to the front.

Grown into -- house.

Police officers are in house it reached the house agrees the front door.

Didn't have suspect -- Suspect is now apprehended he has four felony warrants on him lieutenant everything went down pretty well as planned -- or the individual -- -- -- force there.

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