Tuesday, May 01, 2007

People smuggling decoys for cocaine

Druglords seize people-smuggling routes (AP)

A van loaded with migrants drives on a dirt road towards  the Mexican town of Sasabe, near the border with Arizona, Wednesday April 11, 2007.  Mexican druglords, fighting back against increased U.S. border security, have seized control of coveted migrant-smuggling routes, collecting money and distracting National Guard and Border Patrol agents, Mexican and U.S. officials say.   (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - Mexican druglords are taking over the business of smuggling migrants into the United States, using them as human decoys to divert authorities from billions of dollars in cocaine shipments across the same border.


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