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The cartel used legal points of entry
Though it never explicitly mentioned a border wall, the El Chapo trial methodically revealed how the cartel brought the drugs across the border.

Under Guzman's guidance, drugs were smuggled by plane, train, automobile, submarine, boat, tunnel and banana peel.

Frequently, the cartel would construct front companies that sold legal items. After shipping a few clean loads north into American cities, Guzman's associates would pack drugs into compartments or stuff drugs into the products themselves.

One witness described how Guzman filled cans of jalapenos with cocaine, stacked them on the back of commercial tractor-trailers and drove through legal points of entry, no questions asked.

The cartel took larger loads, though less frequently, by rail and sea. Sometimes operatives transported millions in cash.

In other words, the Sinaloa's narcotics were not snuck through the so-called "soft spots" that Mr Trump describes. They weren't taking advantage of a lack of concrete wall or steel-slat fence. They were going through legal points of entry.

During the trial, one of El Chapo's top logistics officers explained how he dug tunnels from Mexico to the US border state of Arizona in the early 1990s.

One such outlet exited just a few blocks from a Customs and Border Protection office.

US media outlets have reported drug-smuggling tunnels as deep as 27 metres. Some contained lighting systems, ventilation, drainage and lifts.

And authorities estimate tunnels are a popular method of trafficking drugs. US Border Patrol reported seven tunnels in San Diego alone in 2017.

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koods said:

He’s a cop. Cops are lying scum. Even the ones who work for democrats. The border patrol is the most corrupt law enforcement agency in the US

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Bigbadwooof said:

koods said:

He’s a cop. Cops are lying scum. Even the ones who work for democrats. The border patrol is the most corrupt law enforcement agency in the US

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Nope. CIA, DEA, Baltimore PD, then whoever you want.

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Stable Genius said:

That would lead me to believe you could build a 1000 foot high wall and the corrupt border guards will still let drugs/people through the front door.
But hey, build a wall, knock yourself out, it's only money.
However you'll still have EXACTLY the same problem after it's built

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XUL said:

Would you rather do nothing?

How about build the wall and re-structure the border patrol?

Would you go for that?

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Great Scott said:

Stable Genius said:

That would lead me to believe you could build a 1000 foot high wall and the corrupt border guards will still let drugs/people through the front door.
But hey, build a wall, knock yourself out, it's only money.
However you'll still have EXACTLY the same problem after it's built

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If all anyone has to do is bribe border patrol, then why are there still thousands upon thousands of illegals, smugglers, and traffickers still sneaking across the border where there ain't no wall? Ever think of that, genius?

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XUL said:

The 11+ - 22 million.

Whether it be 11, 15, or 20.

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