Border Report: Cartels Increasing Marijuana Traffic into US
Have cartel marijuana smuggling operations increased, even though the alien traffic has decreased substantially? Read the latest Border Report.
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Border issues & cartel violence
Border Report: FLAKO the Sicario
During one of my recent border town visits, I had occasion to sit at a bar where a well-dressed individual who was accompanied by another man came in and took a seat next to me at the bar. As the evening passed I became more familiar with the individual sitting next to me. His pseudo name is ”Flako” and shall remain his name throughout this encounter.
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Border Report: Buying the Dispensaries — They Own Them
A direct look at cartel infiltration of the legalized marijuana market in the US: from recruitment and funding to product movement and communications.
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A bloody Fall in Culiacán
It has been a bloody Fall in Culiacán, and though the murder rate in Sinaloa is reportedly down, Mexico overall is setting new records for violence.
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Cartel Convoy In The Open – Jalisco Show of Force
Take a look at this convoy, described by a cartel member as a “patrol”, recently filmed in Jalisco, Mexico. Is it a show of force to put local security forces on notice? Conducted as a show of force toward rival narcos? An orchestrated media event? Maybe all the above?
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Police Officers in Mexico are Overworked, Underpaid, Understaffed
Compared to US counterparts, police officers in Mexico work more hours and are paid less. In 13 of the 32 states, police forces are paid less than the national average wage and none of the states pays all the basic benefits in full. They are also largely understaffed, which forces them to skip essential training.
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Sicario 2 | Soldado – Dirty, Dangerous and Bloody
Sicario 2 | Day of the Soldado is coming in June. This is a look at the second trailer, which actually looks pretty damn good (and sounds even better). It’ll be interesting to see what comes of that big ass convoy battle they hint at!
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Mexico – the Failed State on our Border
This article originally appeared on ReederWrites.com, the (very) occasionally active website of our founder and Chief Editor. He seems to think
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So You Wanna be a Border Patrol Agent….
Once again Rocco joins us for a subject he’s intimately familiar with: becoming a United States Border Patrol Agent. See
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