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 ….Read More
19/10/2007
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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.
