Arrests

The DEA has announced hundreds of arrests as part of an operation aimed at the American and Canadian network of Chapo Guzmán:

To date, Operation Xcellerator has led to the arrest of 755 individuals and the seizure of approximately $59.1 million in U.S. currency, more than 12,000 kilograms of cocaine, more than 16,000 pounds of marijuana, more than 1,200 pounds of methamphetamine, more than 8 kilograms of heroin, approximately 1.3 million pills of Ecstasy, more than $6.5 million in other assets, 149 vehicles, 3 aircraft, 3 maritime vessels and 169 weapons.

The operation's delightful name --once more, that's Xcellerator-- would seem to indicate that at least some of the people being laid off from marketing positions are finding work in the government. Even allowing for the tendency of American law enforcement to grossly overstate the impact of drug arrests, those are some large numbers.