Mexico has been fighting the war on drugs for years, and so far, it’s largely lost. It’s believed that organized crime has resulted in as many as 150,000 homicides and …
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Coast Guard Cutter Fleet Puts Brakes on Drug Smugglers, Reels in 34,780 Pounds of Cocaine
The nimble maritime law enforcement specialists aboard United States Coast Guard cutters do it once again. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Forward recently returned to port from a multi-day stint …
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El Paso Wall? Don’t Ask the Politicians, Ask the Residents
by Jon Harrisby Jon HarrisThe barrier in El Paso, Texas is far less imposing than some of the proposed designs for the border wall. What is there now is a two-story corrugated metal fence …
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The Press Doesn’t Understand Negotiations or the Issues Along the Southern Border
by Jon Harrisby Jon HarrisThis last Friday we heard about the meeting President Donald Trump had with Congressional leaders about the government shutdown and funding for the southern border barrier. It was interesting to …
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Venezuela’s Last Gasp of a Failed Economy is Pure Madness
by Joel Frewaby Joel FrewaThe Venezuelan economy has been on a downturn ever since Hugo Chavez came to power in 1999. It was never a perfect economy to begin with, but Venezuela was once …
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U.S. Judge May Have Just Given Freedom to Venezuela
by Joel Frewaby Joel FrewaWe’ve all seen the breakdown in Venezuela’s economy and society, thanks to the mixture of socialism, corruption and drug cartels. As a state, Venezuela has little to nothing left to …
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Far-Left Populist Wins Mexican Presidency, Promises Change, but Can He Deliver?
Andrés Manuel López Obrador rallied the people of Mexico to a landslide victory, promising to take on corruption and to champion the poor. Obrador will be the first leftist president …
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Smugglers are Probing the U.S.-Mexico Border for Weak Spots With Drones
Drug smugglers are increasingly turning to drones to find weak spots on the U.S.-Mexico border, according to the U.S. Department of Customs and Border Protection. Border Patrol officials have reported …
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US Coast Guard and Low-Light Law Enforcement Drills Illuminate Skills
Myriad seafaring operations netting gobs of drug money, bales of cocaine, heroin, and cannabis stemming from ocean-borne pursuits certainly comes with inherent perils. Your US Coast Guard maritime law enforcement …
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The Mexican drug war is bringing an end to the distribution of Coke. I’m not talking about the powdery kind from South America, but instead, the sugary stuff first distilled …