Mexican Cartels flood America with 
Black Tar Heroin

The latest in vertical integration brings Mexican criminal organizations into U.S. heroin retailing virtually nationwide.

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Low cost, abundant and with high potency black tar heroin is making addicts out of thousands of adolescents in nearly every state of the US and giving Emergency Room doctors and staff everywhere ever increasing cases of dangerous over doses. Mexican TCO's (Transnational Criminal Organizations) control the black tar heroin trade from the field to the addict portending unbelievable violence, kidnappings and wasted lives as they vie for control of spectacular profits without middlemen.
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About Expert Guest Steve Peterman:

Steven R. Peterson at the time of his retirement was the most experienced DEA Street Agent in the United States and had been a Special Agent (SA) of the United States Department of Justice, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for nearly three decades. Among the takedowns he is proud of is his role as a lead agent in the interdiction of a nearly 4 ton shipment of cocaine in Miami-the biggest confiscation at that time in US history. Steve is currently Vice President of the National Law Enforcement Speakers Bureau, LLC, a network of retired DEA Special Agents and other topic specific experts, providing the highest quality of training to nearly 5,000 professionals in the law enforcement community.  Besides being stationed in such narcotics hot spots as Boston, New York and Atlanta, Peterson worked the apparently sleepy Charlotte NC district which is the de facto Mexican black tar heroin capital of the Eastern United States, involving the participation of the Sinaloa and Juarez Cartels and the deadly MS-13 gangs made up of Mexican and Central American immigrants. 

One of Peterson's most important assignments was as Lead Investigator, or Case Agent, in the investigation of the murder of DEA SA Ray Stastny gunned down by a Mexican drug dealer. For over eleven years he had been the DEA Atlanta Field Division Training Coordinator (DTC), responsible for coordinating and conducting training to all DEA employees within the DEA Division, as well as Task Force Officers, State & Local Police Officers and civilians within Georgia, Tennessee and North & South Carolina.  As a DEA DTC, SA Peterson has taught over 80,000 law enforcement officers, social workers, civilians and parents.  Prior to training, as a street agent working undercover for over 17 years, SA Peterson received numerous awards and commendations, including two Administrator’s Awards for Group Achievement, fifteen Exceptional Performance Awards for performing duties above expectations during career with DEA, as well as over eighty-five awards from state and local law enforcement officers/agencies and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Drug Enforcement Officers Association in 2010.


In 2010 SA Peterson took over the National Law Enforcement Speakers Bureau, LLC, a network of retired DEA Special Agents and other topic specific experts, providing the highest quality of training to nearly 5,000 professionals in the law enforcement community. He is an adjunct instructor from the DEA Office of Training in Quantico, the DHS Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, GA, the North Carolina Justice Academy in Salemburg, NC, Central Piedmont Community College in NC and the Catawba Valley Community College in NC. but most importantly he is the husband of a beautiful wife and father to three great daughters. In actuality, he's just an average guy battling the forces of evil in extraordinary ways.