Mexican Cartels flood America with 

Black Tar Heroin

The latest in vertical integration brings Mexican criminal organizations into U.S. heroin retailing virtually nationwide a deadly narcotic to teenagers.

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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 to control every aspect of this lucrative drug trade.

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About Expert Guest Steve Peterson:

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. Peterson was the initial undercover 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 85,000 professionals in the law enforcement community.  During his DEA career, besides being stationed in Boston, New York and Atlanta, Peterson worked the 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. Peterson spent the last year of his career working Mexican heroin traffickers exclusively and interviewed dozens of heroin addicts, recruiting them as informants for DEA.  

DEA SA Ray Stastny

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 ten 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 thousands of law enforcement officers, social workers, civilians and parents.  In addition 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.