NARRATIVE FAIL: Drug Smugglers Bring 700 lbs Of Cocaine Across Border In Area With No Barrier, CBP Says
Border Patrols agents seized hundreds of pounds of cocaine at an unsecured area of the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
"Customs and Border Protection said the suspects were seen loading 'bundles of narcotics' into an off-road-style utility vehicle outside of Garciasville, a city in Texas up against the river," the Washington Examiner reported. "The suspects, apparently aware they had been seen, were able to 'abruptly' drive the vehicle into the river and escape into Mexico."
"705 lbs. of cocaine, caltrops, evidence of sophisticated counter surveillance and a splashdown in one encounter are an obvious reminder of the need for more personnel, technology, and infrastructure in the Rio Grande Valley," acting Chief Patrol Agent Raul Ortiz said in a statement. "Transnational Criminal Organizations continue to exploit areas along our western corridor that accounts for more than 90 percent of our traffic."
The incident comes as the Democratic Party has tried to claim in recent weeks that drugs do not come across the border, and only enter through ports of entry.
Rep. Matt Cartwright, co-chairman of the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee, recently said that building walls would not be helpful to stemming the tide of narcotics entering the U.S.
"The first thing to focus on are the ports of entry where all the drugs are coming through or the tunnels," Cartwright said. "This is why we’ve increased Customs and Border Protection because this is how you stop the entry of this stuff, not by building walls in places where goats don’t even climb and people don’t travel."
President Donald Trump has repeatedly tweeted about the need for a border wall and its importance for slowing the flow of drugs entering the country.
"The only way to stop drugs, gangs, human trafficking, criminal elements and much else from coming into our Country is with a Wall or Barrier," Trump tweeted in December. "Drones and all of the rest are wonderful and lots of fun, but it is only a good old fashioned Wall that works!"
The Democrats could solve the Shutdown problem in a very short period of time. All they have to do is approve REAL Border Security (including a Wall), something which everyone, other than drug dealers, human traffickers and criminals, want very badly!" Trump tweeted earlier this month. "This would be so easy to do!"
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