{"id":9635,"date":"2023-10-20T21:36:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T04:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=9635"},"modified":"2023-10-08T21:50:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T04:50:42","slug":"mexican-drug-cartels-on-the-oregon-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=9635","title":{"rendered":"Mexican Drug Cartels on the Oregon Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9636\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?attachment_id=9636\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/10\/Firefly-oregon-coast-with-drugs-flowing-86369.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Firefly-oregon-coast-with-drugs-flowing-86369\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/10\/Firefly-oregon-coast-with-drugs-flowing-86369.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/10\/Firefly-oregon-coast-with-drugs-flowing-86369.jpg?resize=478%2C478&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9636\" style=\"width:478px;height:478px\" width=\"478\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/10\/Firefly-oregon-coast-with-drugs-flowing-86369.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/10\/Firefly-oregon-coast-with-drugs-flowing-86369.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/10\/Firefly-oregon-coast-with-drugs-flowing-86369.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/10\/Firefly-oregon-coast-with-drugs-flowing-86369.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/10\/Firefly-oregon-coast-with-drugs-flowing-86369.jpg?resize=270%2C270&amp;ssl=1 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A local paper, the Journal Courier, did a pretty interesting piece on the increasing drug problems on the Oregon coast. It turns out, the CJNG cartel from Mexico has been doing a heavy drug trade in more and more rural and coastal Oregon towns &#8211; even leaving a grisly warning for those who might talk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The I-5 corridor has long been known as a <a href=\"http:\/\/uchicagogate.com\/articles\/2017\/1\/9\/on-the-track-sexual-exploitation-along-the-i-5-corridor\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/uchicagogate.com\/articles\/2017\/1\/9\/on-the-track-sexual-exploitation-along-the-i-5-corridor\/\">transit pipeline on the west coast for drugs and sex trafficking<\/a>. Portland itself is well known for high rates of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youthendingslavery.org\/portland.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youthendingslavery.org\/portland.html\">underage sex trafficking<\/a>. It&#8217;s interesting to see the hub cities &#8211; which is no surprise if you&#8217;ve visited any of those cities in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Link:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courier-journal.com\/in-depth\/news\/crime\/2023\/02\/27\/el-menchos-mexican-cartel-cjng-supplied-drugs-to-portland-oregon\/69864410007\/\">https:\/\/www.courier-journal.com\/in-depth\/news\/crime\/2023\/02\/27\/el-menchos-mexican-cartel-cjng-supplied-drugs-to-portland-oregon\/69864410007\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A local paper, the Journal Courier, did a pretty interesting piece on the increasing drug problems on the Oregon coast. It turns out, the CJNG cartel from Mexico has been doing a heavy drug trade in more and more rural and coastal Oregon towns &#8211; even leaving a grisly warning for those who might talk. The I-5 corridor has long been known as a transit pipeline on the west coast for drugs and sex trafficking. Portland itself is well known&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=9635\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cool","category-local-interest"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4WECr-2vp","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9635"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9637,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9635\/revisions\/9637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}