Drug Cartels Exploit Inspection Waivers On Border

Friends of Ours ^ | 01/25/12 | Friends of Ours

[AtlasStalled]

Wonder how the Mexican drug cartels smuggle $50 billion in product over the United States border each year? Much of it is waved through by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

The so-called border security agency is issuing passes to daily commuters from Mexico into the United States which exempts them from vehicle checks at the crossing as reported by Emily Smith for CNN. Although the passes only are issued to those who pass "a rigorous background check" -- for whatever that's worth -- the drug cartels can either scrounge up a clean applicant as a cooperative front or plant their load in the exempted vehicle of a coerced or perhaps unwitting mule.

The drug cartels long have smuggled their illicit product in rail cars and semi-trailers which have received inspection waivers at the border under the North American Free Trade Act.

The Mexican drug cartels also are using U.S. exports into Mexico as a cover by which to launder their money as reported by Tracy Wilkinson and Ken Ellingwood for the Los Angeles Times:

Instead of smuggling the money the old-fashioned way, by simply carrying it south in bags and trucks, teams of money launderers working for cartels use dollars to purchase a commodity, and then export the commodity to Mexico or Colombia. Paperwork is generated that gives a patina of propriety. Drug money is given the appearance of legitimate proceeds from a trade transaction.

The U.S. global trade and open border policies are working out really well for the Mexican drug cartels.

[shibumi]

[DustyMoment]

The so-called border security agency is issuing passes to daily commuters from Mexico into the United States which exempts them from vehicle checks at the crossing as reported by Emily Smith for CNN. Although the passes only are issued to those who pass "a rigorous background check" -- for whatever that's worth -- the drug cartels can either scrounge up a clean applicant as a cooperative front or plant their load in the exempted vehicle of a coerced or perhaps unwitting mule.

Gee, what a surprise - another government program doesn't work!!

I am SO shocked - NOT!

[JustSayNoToNannies]

The U.S. global trade and open border policies are working out really well for the Mexican drug cartels.

So we should end global trade, binding our economy to the past rather than the future, in order to prevent Americans from altering their minds in disapproved ways?

[eyeamok]

I take it you have not been paying attention since the seventies, we put these programs in place to make sure the War on Drugs goes on in perpetuity. Without the Free Flow of Controlled Substances and guaranteed Profits for the Narco Terrorists we would NOT HAVE A WAR ON DRUGS. Got it. Wake up. We need them more than you would ever believe. 2/3rds of our Justice System is wholly dependent on the War on Drugs, that includes Millions of Police Officers, Judges,Court Reporters, Probation Officers and Departments, Prisons, Prison Guards, There would literally be MILLIONS OF OUT OF WORK GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES if we were to actually attempt to even slow down the FREE FLOW of Controlled Substances and Profits across our Southern Border. Who would ever hire these people?? They are not qualified for anything else, all they know is the War on Drugs and how to Violate your Rights. So if anybody out there actually believes that this was not part of the big plan to begin with, I feel very sad for you.

[JustSayNoToNannies]

Who would ever hire these people?? They are not qualified for anything else, all they know is the War on Drugs and how to Violate your Rights.

Yup - and those WODfare queens are well served by the useful idiots who think the WOD has any demonstrable effect on drug use.