The dirty, poor and dangerous side of Mexico is something most Minnesotans never see, but what comes from that part of the country is a growing problem in the upper Midwest.
Meth and other drugs are being made in Mexico and brought to small towns and the big cities of Minnesota, often by illegal immigrants.
"First, it’s clear that the predominant amount of illegal drugs in Minnesota is coming from the southwest border, specifically from Mexico," Gov. Tim Pawlenty said.
Four men from Mexico were arrested in an Austin, Minn. drug bust in August.
Police tell 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS that the same scenario is playing out all across Minnesota on a growing basis.
5 EYEWITNESS NEWS has obtained photos from some of the larger drug busts involving illegal immigrants from Mexico.
Investigators found a half of a pound of meth, a Tech-9 machine gun and 50 rounds of ammo in a car driven by illegal immigrants in Pine County.
A traffic stop in Freeborn County led to the arrest of an illegal immigrant from Mexico, who was traveling with an assault rifle and ammo. Investigators found cocaine and $115,000 hidden in the gas tank.
The list goes on and on… "We are inundated by the Mexican methamphetamine instead of the homegrown meth," said Mower County Sheriff Terese Amazi.
She said over the last few years, all of the homegrown meth labs have been eliminated in her county. In one of the county’s larger meth busts, she said the majority of the suspects were here illegally from Mexico.
In a routine traffic stop, if a trooper discovers that the person is here illegally, they won’t necessarily detain them. 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS showed this ‘Catch and Release’ approach to law enforcement back in May.
Unless police have probable cause, they cannot look for drugs in the car or even send a K-9 unit to walk around the vehicle. Police tell 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS that policies like these are allowing drugs to make it to Minnesota.
"The Minnesota Supreme Court has tied our hands," Amazi said. "Unless we have a reasonable suspicion that drugs are in that car, we cannot run a K-9 by it. It just blows my mind why we can’t do that."
Pawlenty concurs.
"Illegal immigration is part of that and we need to get tougher on that for sure," he said. "But we also just have to get tougher overall on interdicting these drugs being run by car and truck from Mexico."
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2007-10-15 07:27:45 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
I love when people justify this crime and put the blame solely on the user instead of also putting the blame on the makers and smugglers of this drug. But,I guess it is ok to provide drugs just because someone wants them,after all,they are just trying to feed their families.
The increase coming from Mexico is because our government put major controls on Pseudoephedrine which is used to make meth. You are now limited to the amount you can buy each month and have to give your drivers license each time you buy it. All this regulation does is limit the amount made here,so of course the increase will start coming from outside the country.
2007-10-15 10:31:46 · answer #1 · answered by Jan 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your question should be ,Why are people in Minnesota having an increasing need to fill their growing drug Habit.? Look at the dirty side of Minnesota, If there was not a demand for the drugs. There would not be a profit for any one to bring drugs to meet that demand. Put the responsibility where it belongs, on the Country that raised a generation of Dope Fiends!!
2007-10-15 08:00:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
It's all about supply and demand.
Why do people in Minnesota need this drug so much? That's one question I would like to know.
If the people of Minnesota didn't want to use this drug the demand would lower and thus the supply would drop.
Say if the drugs were substituted for ice cream then you would see the demand of ice cream increase.
2007-10-15 08:41:25 · answer #3 · answered by rainy32 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Blame the war on drugs. The governent passed a law making it hard to buy over the counter sinus pills. The result is increased production and profit for Mexican meth labs
2007-10-15 07:40:45 · answer #4 · answered by here to help 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If the stupid people that are hooked on this drugs
would stop using them, then the people that sell the
drugs won't have a market to peddle this CRAP!
Also for every Mexican that smuggles drugs to this
Country there are Anglos & Blacks that distribute
this drugs!!!! so in esscence there is plenty of blame
to go around! But than again it's easier to blame all our problems on Illegal Aliens.
2007-10-15 08:01:29 · answer #5 · answered by Big Al 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
becaze people want the meth and since they cant make it easily in america anymore why not get it from mexico i mean if u want beef but its hard to find in america why not get it from mexico even though drugs is a whole diffrent ball game same princaple
2007-10-15 07:54:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
There is a big demand for it here. I know a girl named Zoe that is hooked on it, very sad.
2007-10-15 17:39:32 · answer #7 · answered by Zeb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Becaus there are a lot of people in the US that consume it.
2007-10-15 08:22:37 · answer #8 · answered by delina_m 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because there's a market for it. No demand...no supply. OK?
2007-10-15 07:31:14 · answer #9 · answered by thor_torkenson 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I would think this will only get worse with mexican trucks on the road.
2007-10-15 07:59:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋