steveno
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I'm always amazed the amount of trouble the smugglers go to bring drugs into the USA in vehicles. it bothers me how much they get into the country without be caught also.
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THE PILGRIM
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Me two! I am amazed at the complexity and ingenuity of some of those hidden compartments.
Especially those those which open with secret switch actions, usually pressing two regular switches simultaneously.
The dogs and sensors find a lot of drugs, but I am also fearful that a lot gets through.
Especially those those which open with secret switch actions, usually pressing two regular switches simultaneously.
The dogs and sensors find a lot of drugs, but I am also fearful that a lot gets through.
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According to the episode I just saw, 90% gets through.
Pretty good odds if you're running the cartel. Pretty lousy odds if you're driving a load of the 10% over the bridge.
shouldazagged
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The cartels have the ingenuity and expertise, as well as virtually unlimited money to convert the vehicles, etc.
When you consider the huge amounts they ship (and many millions of U.S. dollars going the other way), and the sheer volume of perfectly legitimate traffic flowing through the crossing points each day, the Border Patrol does a pretty remarkable job of interdiction.
When you consider the huge amounts they ship (and many millions of U.S. dollars going the other way), and the sheer volume of perfectly legitimate traffic flowing through the crossing points each day, the Border Patrol does a pretty remarkable job of interdiction.
finesse_r
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With all the satellite surveillance available. The US government could track every shipment out of Colombia if it wanted to and capture the shipments well before they reach the US border. Most of the shipments coming in come through by the plane loads and by the cargo container loads, not a pound or two in someone's car.
The fact of the mater is the US drug enforcement is just aimed at knocking out some of the competition to the larger dealers. The larger dealers are protected from the top down. Otherwise they would be out of business.
The so-called war on drugs is truly a joke. The only real drug enforcement is aimed at small independents and small time dealers, not at the major importers. Lip service only is aimed at the big cartel bosses, unless of course they don't pay off the right people enough.
The fact of the mater is the US drug enforcement is just aimed at knocking out some of the competition to the larger dealers. The larger dealers are protected from the top down. Otherwise they would be out of business.
The so-called war on drugs is truly a joke. The only real drug enforcement is aimed at small independents and small time dealers, not at the major importers. Lip service only is aimed at the big cartel bosses, unless of course they don't pay off the right people enough.
chaparrito
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Vehicles? Pssssht. That's so 90's.
Tunnels. Nogales alone has had over a hundred.
Tunnels. Nogales alone has had over a hundred.
A good example of this is the escape of the cartel leader Guzman from the max security prison in Mexico. Inside job from day one. The Mexican gov't protects the cartels. If you were a federale which would you rather have, a bullet in your head or $100 US dollars?
bobcat
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Sheer volume works in their favor, look at the lines at any of the major border crossings on a weekend or holiday weekend, and it's physically impossible to thoroughly check every car, you play the odds based on cues and maybe some intel. After 31 years on the border, not much shocks me anymore, except the ignorance of the people who think it's not an issue. Read what happened in San Fran recently with that illegal, but I'd better stop or I'll go on a rant and get in trouble.
manyguns
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In the late 70"s if you wanted a boat load to leave Columbia you had to hire the Columbian navy to load the boat if you wanted to make it to the US.
Money talks. Everyone else goes to jail.
Money talks. Everyone else goes to jail.
They even build their own submarines, one time use.
Brian41
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I've watched that show and sure too much gets past them.
While not the Mexican border my aunt-in-law worked for the Border Patrol and inspected train cars coming into the Vermont and Canadian border. She told me only about one out of a hundred cars actually got inspected as it would be impossible to check them all without a lot more people.
While not the Mexican border my aunt-in-law worked for the Border Patrol and inspected train cars coming into the Vermont and Canadian border. She told me only about one out of a hundred cars actually got inspected as it would be impossible to check them all without a lot more people.
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