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FROM: Margaret.Anthony@posttimes.com

TO: David.Dain@posttimes.com

SUBJ: FILING [hed] Drug Corruption Rampant in West, Say Militia Members

DATE: November 9

[dateline] Colorado Springs, CO

The Army has long known that Western militia groups are financed by the drug trade, and has launched several campaigns to cut off those funds. But according to interviews with one such militia, while insurgents do depend on drug money, for the cartels the militias are little more than a backup to their main strategy: bribery.

“It’s a carrot-and-stick business,” says one militia leader. “We’re the stick, but it’s much less messy for them to use the carrot.”

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‘SNOW’-CAPPED PEAKS

Terrorist Leader Speaks About Drug Finance Network

By Margaret Anthony

Further reporting by Post Times staff

For the first time, a Posse leader has admitted, on the record, that his gang operates hand in glove with drug cartels — though he insisted we hide his name.

“It’s a carrot-and-stick business,” he says. “We’re the stick.”

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