A Mexican cartel is suspected of laundering $2 million in drug proceeds through a small southwest Kansas bank to avoid tighter restrictions on U.S. currency in its home country, according a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration affidavit obtained by The Associated Press…
The DEA investigated a Kansas couple believed to be working for the cartel who made 32 deposits at the Plains State Bank in Plains, Kansas, starting in early 2011, according to the affidavit. The deposits ended in May 2014, when the U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized about $170,000 from them as they entered the United States from Mexico — the third time border agents had seized bulk U.S. currency, totaling $850,000 in all, from the couple.
