Mexican trucks, especially the participants in the Cross Border Program, despite what the anti-Mexican crowd would like you to believe, are not the ones trying to smuggle drugs and people into the U.S. And interesting week in Laredo with the seizure of street drugs valued at $3.2 million dollars.
A five-day span during which Customs and Border Protection officials in Laredo seized more than $3 million of narcotics illustrates the different techniques drug cartels will use to ensure their operations are successful, CBP officials said.From Wednesday through Sunday, commercial buses, footwear and non-commercial vehicles were used by men and women ages 21 to 70 in smuggling attempts that ended with large drug seizures. Read More at LMT Online or by clicking the NEWS SOURCE links below
And despite other websites with an ant-Mexican agenda who have been reporting about the 18 wheelers being founds with massive amounts of drugs coming out of Mexico, the truth seems to be that these trucks, most of them, are American owned being operated by opportunistic Professional American Truck Drivers. 
When others were reporting about the 4 or 5 rigs that were seized a couple of weeks ago crossing the border from Mexico, we discovered the truth was actually the trucks in question were seized at the 28 mile marker checkpoint on I-35.
The photo at the left are two of the vehicles, one belonging to Stevens Transport of Dallas Texas. Not pictured, were trucks belonging to Celadon Trucking of Indianapolis Indiana and James R. Smith Trucking.
The cartels still try on occasion to bring drugs across the border in trailers or truck cabs, but they are inevitably caught and the drivers turned over to ICE for prosecution.
Our southern border is not as porous as some would have you believe. Nor will a fence stem the tide of drugs.
Only when the demand in this country is stemmed, will we see a reduction in the cross border drug trade As the US economy continues to tank, I’m afraid we’ll be seeing more of this happening
The Mexican army convoy rolled off a C-130 Hercules plane in the middle of the night, purred through this sweltering port city’s dingy back streets and swooped on traffickers unloading cocaine in a warehouse.Shipped to Mexico hours before in a container labeled ”bread flour”, the 11.7 tons seized last week was Mexico’s biggest-ever cocaine bust and led to the arrest of a string of police and customs officers thought to be in on the deal.
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