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Canadian police Thursday disclosed the arrest of four South Americans near the U.S. border carrying automatic weapons and 9-millimeter pistols amid growing fears that the Medellin cocaine cartel will attempt to retaliate against a U.S.-backed crackdown on Colombian drug kingpins.
The four, traveling in three cars, were arrested Wednesday by police from Edmundston, New Brunswick, and were found to be carrying Venezuelan passports, two of which were determined to be fake, according to Edmundston's deputy police chief, Delbert Pelletier.
Although a grenade, tear gas, zap guns and a machete were found in the vehicles along with more than 2,000 rounds of ammunition for the weapons, a highly placed U.S. law enforcement source...