The county may be small and out of the way, but it is the leading port of entry for drug trafficking along the entire American border with Mexico, according Imperial County District Attorney Gilbert Otero.

On Wednesday, August 27, California Attorney General Jerry Brown held a press conference at the Imperial County Enforcement Coordination Center in the city of Imperial to announce 16 indictments and the seizure of 550 pounds of cocaine and marijuana from Operation Silver Fox, which was conducted by his agents from the Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement in coordination with the county district attorney and the Imperial County Narcotic Task Force--which is headed by two BNE special agent supervisors.