I thought of a slightly less brutal approach that would have the same impact.
It involves having a concrete pad and incinerator adjacent to all of the southern border crossings.
If you’re busted heading north with a load of drugs, you’re immediately arrested, your rig is confiscated, the illicit cargo are thrown into the incinerator, and your rig is set out on the concrete pad, doused in diesel fuel, and burned down to the pavement.
And then the perp is frog marched to the mexican side, after biometric ID, and is told in no uncertain terms to never again set foot on US soil under penalty of death.
Oh, and all of this would be within eyeshot of the border crossings, with signs both in english and spanish explaining what exactly is happening.
Agreed.
The Cartel will deal with him/her accordingly.
Less manpower used to deal with the case.
But, why not sell the rig(if it’s in decent shape) to a trucker or scrap metal yard? Make a little money off of it. Maybe enough to pay the electric bill at the crossing.