Mexican cartels corrupting more US border officials?

[LostAmerican]

Nearly 80 have been arrested in the last five years;
hundreds more under investigation
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In the Mexican drug war, U.S. authorities are finding a disturbing trend: an increase in American law enforcement officials corrupted by wealthy Mexican criminals who pay them to look the other way as illegal drugs and immigrants flow north into the United States.

"It is the single most debilitating factor in successful law enforcement on the border, and we do a horrible job of weeding that corruption out,” says retired DEA supervisor Anthony Coulson.

In the last five years, nearly 80 U.S. Border Patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers have been arrested along the Mexican border, and according to federal authorities, hundreds more officials are under investigation.

“Once they cross the line, they are criminals, criminals that are in our uniform,” explains Customs and Border Protection Deputy Commissioner David Aguilar.

Corruption runs deep

At a U.S. Senate hearing, it was revealed that Mexican cartel members are infiltrating American law enforcement. There was also testimony that during a hiring push that began five years ago to add thousands of Border Patrol and CBP officers, only 10 percent of the initial applicants were given polygraph tests.

Of those, 60 percent failed, raising concerns about the integrity of the others hired without screening.

"A very large percentage of those they don't test run into trouble within a year or two of being hired,” says Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark..

Along the border, the federal authorities aren't the only ones facing corruption problems. Local authorities, including sheriffs and police officers, have also succumbed to the lure of drug money.

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Only 10% are polygraphed? No wonder you have so much corruption! Hell, if you want to stop corruption, polygraphs should be given once a year.

 

[waltky]

Mexican drug cartels are infiltrating Texas...

New report shows how Mexican cartels are infiltrating Texas
Wednesday, November 15, 2017 - Mexican cartels smuggle more drugs into the U.S. than any other criminal group, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration said in a new report.

The 2017 National Drug Threat Assessment released in October lists six cartels as having major influences across the country and Texas. Cartels' influence in Texas is far-reaching, affecting cities hundreds of miles from the state's border with Mexico. San Antonio is the only city in the state with a drug trade controlled by the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion, which deals mostly with methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin and marijuana, according to the DEA,

Members of the Juarez Cartel, Sinaloa Cartel and Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion can all be found in this West Texas city, according to the DEA. The Juarez Cartel has the most influence.​

The Gulf Cartel has a hold on cities in Texas' tip and coastal bend. McAllen, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Galveston, Houston and Beaumont are impacted most by the Gulf Cartel which mostly brings marijuana and cocaine into the area, according to the DEA. Drugs smuggled through the Gulf Cartel are mostly brought in through the area between the Rio Grande Valley and South Padre Island. Every week in Houston, a relative of a Gulf Cartel leader receives 100 kilograms of cocaine, according to the DEA.

Moving West, Los Zetas control two cities and the Juarez Cartel has a hold on Alpine, Midland, El Paso and Lubbock. While the arrests of two Los Zetas leaders has weakened the cartel's influence on Eagle Pass and Laredo, its presence is still felt because of members who have assumed control, bringing cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana into Texas. The Sinaloa Cartel, formerly run by prison escape artist Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman," is most found in Dallas, Lubbock and Fort Worth, according to the DEA.

New report shows how Mexican cartels are infiltrating Texas

 

[badger2]

OP's report in post #1: Sen Mark Pryor D-Ark? Are you joking? Clinton's Brownsville Agreement began the most intense screwings of intel. Can one be surprised that it came from a flaming crotch-clown and lecher?