The Border Report
Mexico Border Special Reports
Tunneling Into America Drug Cartels in Mexico are making huge amounts of money using underground tunnels for smuggling everything from drugs, illegal aliens, trafficked humans for the sex trade and a host of other profitable materials that may include terrorists. Law enforcement are finding them, but they are saying that some have been in operation for years. Along the Northern border with Canada drug smugglers have created tunnels as well that may be used for human trafficking, weapons but definitely are being used for drugs
Mexico: Government Corruption, Drug Cartels, and Illegal Immigration An in depth article looking at the important issues that are created by the border situation between the United States and Mexico. Looks at the major drug cartels of Mexico as well as corruptionm, illegal immigration and human trafficking.
Border Security . A nation that was created through immigration is now having to change it’s traditional past of welcoming the un-welcomed in order to protect it self from the unknown threat that has changed our world since September 11, 2001. “I’m worried about our border,” Sen. John McCain (R) of Arizona said at a March 17, 2005 Senate hearing on threats facing the US. “We have now hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people who are crossing illegally every year. And we are now seeing a larger number of people cross our southern border who are from countries of interest as opposed to just Latin American [countries].” The “countries of interest” that Senator McCain refers to are those so designated by the US government as known to house radical, if not terrorist, groups.
Illegal Immigration Crime Illegal immigrants are coming to America for more than just jobs. It appears that they are coming here to target Americans for murder, rape and other violent crimes. Facts about illegal immigration and the crime wave it is bringing across America. Representative Steve King of Iowa points out that 25 Americans, on average, are killed by illegal aliens every day . As I hear often, sure many of the illegal immigrants from Mexico are here only to work and support their families. The problem with this statement is that many illegal immigrants are not coming to America only to better their lives.
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Human Trafficking, Slavery and the Sex Trade In in depth look at the phenomenon known as human trafficking and it’s role in the secret world market of the sex slave trade.
Terrorist Sleeper Cells in America A sleeper cell is a dormant, on standby, group of individuals that were either smuggled in, arrived legally or possibly born in the country that is the point of attack. This article also looks into the threat of Home grown terrorism.
The Disappeared in Mexico Seven Mexican reporters have vanished since 2005. Throughout much of the decade, journalists in Mexico were shot in broad daylight on city streets or their bodies left in public plazas.
Official Report Released on Mexico’s “Dirty War” The report by the Office of Special Prosecutor Ignacio Carrillo Prieto, named by President Vicente Fox in 2002 to investigate past human rights crimes, accuses three Mexican presidents of a sustained policy of violence targeting armed guerrillas and student protesters alike, including the use of “massacres, forced disappearance, systematic torture, and genocide.”
Mexico Travel Alert Mexican drug cartels are engaged in an increasingly violent fight for control of narcotics trafficking routes along the U.S. – Mexico border in an apparent response to the Government of Mexico’s initiatives to crack down on narco-trafficking organizations. In order to combat violence, the government of Mexico has deployed military troops in various parts of the country. U.S. citizens should cooperate fully with official checkpoints when traveling on Mexican highways.
Mexico’s Drug War – Stories, Photos, Videos – Mexico Under Siege The LA Times puts together one of best resources on the web for grasping the seriousness of the violence at our doorstep. If you are concerned with the dangerous situation along our border than you have to check this link out.
Mexico Drug Cartels The Mexican drug cartels are some of the most dangerous and ruthless organized crime organizations in the world. They have proven over and over that they are willing not only to kill any Mexican or American citizen that is in the wrong place at the wrong time, but also any law enforcement officer that stands in their way.
Mexico and the War on Drug Cartels in 2008 Mexico’s war against drug cartels continued in 2008. The mission President Felipe Calderon launched shortly after his inauguration two years ago to target the cartels has since escalated in nearly every way imaginable.
