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Drug Cartels Fuming at New U.S. Policy Screening 100% of Mexican Cargo Trucks
Posted on 8/2/17 at 1:01 pm
Posted on 8/2/17 at 1:01 pm
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TRUMP!
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In a major shift from lax Obama-era regulations, the Trump administration is finally allowing customs officers to screen all cargo trucks entering the U.S. from Mexico and sources on both sides of the border tell Judicial Watch Mexican drug cartels are fuming. U.S. Customs and Border Protection is using X-ray technology and other non-intrusive tools to screen 100% of cargo trucks crossing the southern border after eight years of sporadic or random screening permitted under the Obama administration.
“We felt like we were the welcoming committee and not like we were guarding our borders,” said veteran U.S. Customs agent Patricia Cramer, who also serves as president of the Arizona chapter of the agency’s employee union. “The order was to facilitate traffic, not to stop any illegal drugs from entering the country,” Cramer added. “We want to enforce the law. That’s what we signed up for.” Cramer, a canine handler stationed at the Nogales port of entry in Arizona, said illicit drugs are pouring in through the southern border, especially massive quantities of fentanyl, an opioid painkiller that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) says is more potent than morphine.
TRUMP!
Posted on 8/2/17 at 1:02 pm to GumboPot
"We're really fuming over this" a cartel spokesperson most certainly did not say.
Posted on 8/2/17 at 1:03 pm to GumboPot
So I'm to believe that someone interviewed these cartels about the new customs policy?
Posted on 8/2/17 at 1:04 pm to upgrayedd
Dem sauces doh.
This post was edited on 8/2/17 at 1:05 pm
Posted on 8/2/17 at 1:04 pm to TotesMcGotes
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"We're really fuming over this" a cartel spokesperson most certainly did not say.
They're gathering their union reps to issue an official statement shortly.
Posted on 8/2/17 at 1:06 pm to upgrayedd
The cartels want their Obama policies back.
MCGA
MCGA
Posted on 8/2/17 at 1:07 pm to GumboPot
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The cartels want their Obama policies back.
I'm sure this is probably true. The mules were using BP as a free taxi service back to the border.
Posted on 8/2/17 at 1:08 pm to GumboPot
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Cramer, a canine handler stationed at the Nogales port of entry in Arizona, said illicit drugs are pouring in through the southern border, especially massive quantities of fentanyl
I'm not saying he's lying but that's what I'd say if I wanted to scare people into giving more funding and keeping my job.
The "war on drugs" has turned out to be a giant cash grab so I'm skeptical these days.
Posted on 8/2/17 at 1:11 pm to dbeck
I mean the dude works for Border Patrol, not the DEA.
Posted on 8/2/17 at 1:14 pm to GumboPot
Drugs were helping me get through this administration and they're taking that away from me
Posted on 8/2/17 at 1:14 pm to olddawg26
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Drugs were helping me get through this administration and they're taking that away from me
That's even more pathetic.
Posted on 8/2/17 at 1:17 pm to GumboPot
"Here's the Top 10 things that have drug cartels fuming! You won't believe #3!"
Posted on 8/2/17 at 1:17 pm to GumboPot
Drug Cartels Fuming at New U.S. Policy Legalizing Marijuana
This is the breaking headline I'm waiting to see.
This is the breaking headline I'm waiting to see.
Posted on 8/2/17 at 1:17 pm to thetigerman
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"Here's the Top 10 things that have drug cartels fuming! You won't believe #3!"
"Why oil companies hate this guy!"
Posted on 8/2/17 at 1:24 pm to upgrayedd
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So I'm to believe that someone interviewed these cartels about the new customs policy?
Lol
Posted on 8/2/17 at 1:27 pm to upgrayedd
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Cartels station shifts of spotters with binoculars in Mexican hills near border checkpoints to determine the level of security screenings. “They know if we’re on the job, the level of screening that we’re conducting,” Cramer said. “The cartels watch us all the time.” Nogales is a favorite for cartel spotters because the U.S. checkpoint sits in a valley surrounded by hills on the Mexican side, where unobstructed views facilitate surveillance. “They see everything,” Cramer said. For years the cartel spotters saw that much of the cargo passing through the checkpoint was waved through, according to agents contacted by Judicial Watch.
So you think the cartels are happy about he new 100% screening policy?
Posted on 8/2/17 at 1:29 pm to GumboPot
There goes the cartel's definition of free trade.
Posted on 8/2/17 at 1:36 pm to GumboPot
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So you think the cartels are happy about he new 100% screening policy?
No, I just find it funny that they're leading their readers to believe that they've gotten an official response/reaction to the new policy.
Posted on 8/2/17 at 2:05 pm to dbeck
I know over a dozen Border Patrol agents and they all said Obama's policies had little to do with border enforcement.
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