In Soto's sector, agents seized 441,482 pounds of marijuana between Oct. 1 and May 17, compared with about 489,000 pounds for all the preceding fiscal year ending in September. Across the entire border, the Border Patrol has seized 957,638 pounds of marijuana this year, up from 755,914 pounds in the same period last year.
Border Patrol cocaine seizures are down to 5,260 pounds so far this fiscal year, from the 6,406 pounds seized in the same period last year.
On Monday, Mexican federal agents announced one of the biggest marijuana seizures in recent memory: 8.4 tons of pot, packed among fertilizer inside a truck bound for the U.S. border.
Are these the good people coming in? why are the good people not stopping this? thinking of themselves only?
Those figures include drugs smuggled into the United States in vehicles driven into the desert, but increasing border security measures such as fences and vehicle barriers appear to be making that more difficult.
2006-09-02
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