“The Drug Enforcement Administration arrested nearly 2,000 people in the United States as part of a 20-month strike against Mexico’s La Familia Michoacana cartel, law enforcement officials said.

In a statement Thursday, DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart said the strike, called Project Deliriium, netted 1,985 arrests and $62 million in a blow to the notorious cartel.”

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