By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com
DETROIT — Carlos L. Mitchem II knows about the drug trade.
He’s been a Drug Enforcement Administration agent since 1991, and has been posted in places like Chicago and Tucson and in some of the world’s hot spots, Mexico and Colombia, where major drug cartels have flourished.
More than four years ago, he came to Detroit where he was named an assistant special agent in charge.
Times have changed over the years in Detroit. The big drug gangs like Young Boy Inc. no longer exist. Mitchem says the gangs are smaller and try to fly under the radar of law enforcement.
Mitchem, who sat down the other day with Allan Lengel, talks about the rise in popularity of heroin in the area and the presence of Mexican cartels in town.
