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 dwpineal
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 Mexican drug smugglers target unsuspecting drivers 
#16278628 - 05/24/12 03:45 PM (11 months, 18 days ago) |
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http://www.cbs8.com/story/18611253/mexican-drug-smugglers-target-unsuspecting-drivers
Mexican drug smugglers target unsuspecting drivers
SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) – Drug smugglers are preying on unsuspecting drivers by sticking drugs under their cars with magnets, turning innocent border crossers into drug runners.
Tijuana police demonstrated how it works and say it's the newest trend in drug smuggling. They say strong magnets are taped onto bricks of drugs and placed underneath drivers' cars. Those drivers are then used as blind mules to transport the drugs from Mexico into the United States.
A spokesperson for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in San Diego says it is aware of the growing problem. ICE spokesperson Lauren Mack tells News 8, "We are currently investigating a number of incidents where apprehensions were made involving small boxes of drugs that were smuggled in using magnets to hold them underneath vehicles, in primarily the SENTRI lanes. Mack says, "The bottom line is you are responsible to know what's in your car, so be aware there are these kinds of schemes and be careful what you're bringing back."
The targets are people like News 8 Associate Producer Sammy Castanon's mom, who has a SENTRI pass which grants authorized drivers rapid border crossing. Castanon says, "Drugs found in your car, you have no idea where they came from how do you explain that? Even if you are innocent, you know, what are they going to think?"
The smugglers are apparently monitoring SENTRI drivers to choose the perfect target, then have someone else on this side of the border follow the driver if they make it through the port of entry, so the drugs can be quickly retrieved.
Castanon says it's scary knowing there are people that could be looking at you, especially if his mom goes down there alone.
ICE says it is currently working to identify the group responsible for this latest scheme, with the goal of dismantling the organization.
Another scheme drug smugglers are using, involves hiring people in Mexico for bogus housekeeping and security guard jobs through classified ads in Mexican newspapers. The smugglers then give these unsuspecting workers vehicles, to drive into the United States. Last month, ICE began putting its own advertisements in Mexican newspapers to warn readers about that scam.
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Re: Mexican drug smugglers target unsuspecting drivers [Re: dwpineal] 1
#16278774 - 05/24/12 04:24 PM (11 months, 18 days ago) |
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Mack says, "The bottom line is you are responsible to know what's in your car, so be aware there are these kinds of schemes and be careful what you're bringing back."
Castanon says, "Drugs found in your car, you have no idea where they came from how do you explain that? Even if you are innocent, you know, what are they going to think?"
You guys, yes, I mean you fucking pigs, are a bunch of criminals.
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Re: Mexican drug smugglers target unsuspecting drivers [Re: Lord_McLovin]
#16278982 - 05/24/12 05:12 PM (11 months, 18 days ago) |
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WOW. talk about the drug war hurting innocent people. is that not the most perfect example of our illogical drug prohibition?
Fuuuuck
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Re: Mexican drug smugglers target unsuspecting drivers [Re: withoutawire]
#16278996 - 05/24/12 05:18 PM (11 months, 18 days ago) |
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That reminds me of a guy crossing the Dutch-German border. They found a pound of weed under a chair next to where he was sitting without having any kind of evidence that it was his. On the German side of the border the cops asked him to leave the train, so he left the train. In court, the judge said that he implicitly made a confession by leaving the train instead of just staying there. That's all the "evidence" they had and he was convicted because of it. 
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Re: Mexican drug smugglers target unsuspecting drivers [Re: dwpineal]
#16279085 - 05/24/12 05:47 PM (11 months, 18 days ago) |
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I have heard of repair shops doing it. Americans go there for cheap repairs, and get drugs stashed in the car somewhere (frames, gastank, ect.)
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Re: Mexican drug smugglers target unsuspecting drivers [Re: Admiral Ackbar]
#16279152 - 05/24/12 06:08 PM (11 months, 18 days ago) |
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But still they're pieces of shit, we gotta put them outta business.
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Re: Mexican drug smugglers target unsuspecting drivers [Re: frylock91]
#16281780 - 05/25/12 02:54 AM (11 months, 17 days ago) |
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Re: Mexican drug smugglers target unsuspecting drivers [Re: eLShaMukO]
#16281822 - 05/25/12 03:23 AM (11 months, 17 days ago) |
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eLShaMukO said:
So we're looking for the cartel thats buying up tons of old ass HDD and dismantling them for the magnets. Haha.
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Re: Mexican drug smugglers target unsuspecting drivers [Re: runningfox2002]
#16291250 - 05/27/12 09:28 AM (11 months, 15 days ago) |
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all the traffickers have to do is use the information on the customer form to track the persons U.S. address and track it to recover their goods...
shameful US drug war. 
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Re: Mexican drug smugglers target unsuspecting drivers [Re: dwpineal]
#16292543 - 05/27/12 05:45 PM (11 months, 15 days ago) |
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"The bottom line is you are responsible to know what's in your car, so be aware there are these kinds of schemes and be careful what you're bringing back."
That's just sickening knowing how many innocent people are getting fucked by this scheme. Of course whoever is driving is not going to admit they knew the drugs were there, whether they actually did or not. I'm honestly not sure how you'd tell a trafficker from an unknown innocent and it seems like CBP is having just as much trouble.
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