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But city and county officials are sounding alarms that it could be extensive — especially depending how long the stepped-up enforcement continues.

Now a decade and a half later, he’s responsible for civilian oversight of the Los Angeles Police Department at a time when concerns are running high about stepped-up federal immigration enforcement.

Sheinbaum has agreed to stepped-up military and Central Intelligence Agency surveillance flights over Mexico in a bid to gather intelligence on cartel operations, officials have said.

Thus far, U.S. law enforcement authorities — who had a strained relationship with President López Obrador — have mostly praised Sheinbaum’s cooperation in sometimes touchy operations, including stepped-up secret CIA drone flights over Mexico in apparent search of illicit drug labs.

In recent years, law enforcement authorities have announced stepped-up crackdowns to curb the business along well-known “tracks.”