Former Texas Cop Indicted in New York for Moving 200 Tons of Cocaine

Village Voice reports:

A leader of a major Mexican drug cartel and former Texas police officer was sentenced in Manhattan federal court yesterday for importing at least 200 tons of cocaine into the United States during a five year period.

Between 1994 and 1999, Gilberto Salinas Doria -- formerly Officer Dora of the Donna, Texas Police Department -- arranged the delivery of at least 200 tons of cocaine to wholesale distributors in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania...