California officer killed during raid tied to transnational drug organization
- A police officer, Osmar Rodarte, was killed during a law enforcement operation in Northern California related to a drug trafficking investigation, according to officials.
- The incident occurred while executing a search warrant linked to a major drug trafficking investigation, according to Yuba County Sheriff Wendell Anderson.
- Yuba County Sheriff Wendell Anderson stated that Rodarte was struck by gunfire and later died at Rideout Hospital, marking the first officer killed in the line of duty in over a century.
- Authorities confirmed that the broader investigation targeted individuals believed to be part of a drug trafficking organization moving methamphetamine and fentanyl from Mexico into California.
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Yuba County Police Officer Shot and Killed, As Was Suspected Drug Kingpin, in Massive Raid
It’s the first time in more than 100 years that a police officer in the Yuba County city of Marysville was killed in the line of duty, as a Wednesday morning raid led to a shootout that killed an officer and suspected drug dealer.A massive drug raid covering Butte, Sutter, Tehama, and Yuba counties was carried out Wednesday morning, as twenty search warrants were executed in an operation involving the FBI, DEA, all of those counties’ sheriff’s d…
California officer killed during raid tied to transnational drug organization
A police officer was shot and killed during a law enforcement operation in Northern California, according to officials. The officer, identified as Osmar Rodarte, was part of a multi-agency SWAT team executing a search warrant tied to a major drug trafficking investigation. The incident occurred on Wednesday morning at a residence on Kestrel Court in Marysville as officers served one of 20 search warrants connected to a years-long investigation i…


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