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ICE Reports Record Cash Seizures in Mexico, Colombia

US Politics & Gov't (tags: government, US, Mexico, Columbia, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, seized, cash )

Dee
- 59 days ago - cnn.com

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. officials working with authorities in Mexico and Colombia have seized about $41 million in cash hidden in shipping containers, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency announced Monday.

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Dee C. (505)

Monday September 28, 2009, 4:20 pm
" The U.S. agency, commonly called ICE, says the seizures were made September 9-18. It called them the largest bulk cash container seizures in Colombia and the largest for the agency since its inception.

According to ICE:

• On September 9, Colombian customs inspectors and Colombian national police seized $11.2 million in U.S. currency hidden in two shipping containers. The containers were aboard a vessel that sailed from the Port of Manzanillo, Mexico, and was headed to Buenaventura, Colombia. Colombian customs inspectors said it was the most cash ever seized by police at a port in the nation.

• On September 10, a second seizure of U.S. currency estimated at $11.2 million also was made at the Buenaventura port.'

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