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Post by Tennesseer on Jan 31, 2019 20:28:51 GMT -5
Tractor-Trailer entered the U.S. through a non-walled U.S./Mexico border area by swimming across the Rio Grande carrying fentanyl and meth.  Huge load of fentanyl, meth seized at Nogales port of entryCustoms and Border Protection officers seized 254 pounds of fentanyl over the weekend at a Nogales port of entry, the largest single seizure of the potent opioid in CBP history. A 26-year-old Mexican truck driver was caught with more than 650 pounds of meth and fentanyl worth $4.6 million, officials said Thursday during a press conference at the Mariposa Port of Entry. Agents referred the truck, loaded with produce, for secondary inspection. During a scan, agents observed anomalies in the trailers’ floor. A CBP canine team alerted to the odor of the illegal substance, and 400 packages were uncovered. More than 100 packages of fentanyl, worth $3.5 million, were mainly in powder form but there were also pills. The meth seizure was the third largest discovered at Arizona ports of entry and consisted of more than 300 packages weighing 395 pounds worth $1.18 million. Complete article here: Huge load of fentanyl, meth seized at Nogales port of entry |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2019 20:55:57 GMT -5
Gus is gonna be pissed.
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Jan 31, 2019 21:25:42 GMT -5
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Post by OldCoyote on Feb 1, 2019 23:30:13 GMT -5
All that driver need to do go to the end of the wall drive around it,, took the shortcut,,, look at what happened,, boy,, his boss is going to be pissed!!
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Post by billisonboard on Feb 2, 2019 0:23:46 GMT -5
All that driver need to do go to the end of the wall drive around it,, ... You do know this isn't true I hope. |
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Post by OldCoyote on Feb 2, 2019 7:49:45 GMT -5
Well, bills, is there any shortage of heroin? any shortage of cocaine? any shortage of fentanyl? any shortage of illegal opioids? any shortage of meth? any shortage of marijuana? Hmmmm, does not look like there is a shortage of any of this,,,, wonder why?? maybe there is a whole bunch more than this caught at the port ,, "Going around the end of the WALL" Or under, over, thru, and around the "WALL"!!!! Pretty much looks like what we are doing now ,,,is not working,,,
OK More multi million $$$$$ drone,, More cameras,, trouble is those things don't arrest or stop people! More patrol officers sothat when they get old retire,, their retirement makes SS look like a piggy bank??
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Post by OldCoyote on Feb 2, 2019 7:58:38 GMT -5
How about death sentence for drug dealers, if you are the truck driver, with a load of drugs ,, find the drugs,, stand them up against the"WALL" shoot them,, Right there!! firing squad! Drug users everywhere when convicted, take the to the Border of the U.S. drop them off at that Liberal State of the West Coast!! Ok OK I admit the first one is a little strong,, but the rest is good!!
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Post by OldCoyote on Feb 2, 2019 8:26:37 GMT -5
Time to give up,, we have been defeated! Time to call the Philippines leader,,, they know how to deal with drug dealers!
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Post by thyme4change on Feb 2, 2019 8:32:48 GMT -5
How does the title and first paragraph and the rest of the post relate? One is about a semi truck crossing the Rio grande, and the other is a story from Arizona about how the wall is irrelevant to the largest drug bust on the border?
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Post by OldCoyote on Feb 2, 2019 8:38:29 GMT -5
I like a "WALL like that ,,,GREAT WALL OF CHINA, 100 yard No Mans Land, Snipers every 100 yards,,Build housing inside the wall for the guards, Kitchen , mess halls, apartments every mile or less,,
So the Guards are never more than 1/2 mile from food and shelter,, A complete new industry supplying the wall with food and bullets!! annd your arguement about it is too long to build here,,, China's wall is 13,171 miles long!!
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Post by thyme4change on Feb 2, 2019 9:05:37 GMT -5
Sounds expensive. Who can we tax to pay for all that?
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Post by Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger on Feb 2, 2019 9:17:53 GMT -5
Sounds expensive. Who can we tax to pay for all that? All the tourists that will visit the Making America Great Wall of America.  |
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Post by busymom on Feb 2, 2019 10:24:14 GMT -5
Currently, the US does NOT inspect every truck that crosses the US/Mexico border. I've read different articles where the percentage inspected varies, from 1 in 5, to 1 in 10 get inspected. Since apparently we don't have enough people working the border, there is a lot of opportunity for smugglers to sneak anything, from drugs to people across the border. Why build a wall when we could tighten our border just by inspecting every single vehicle that crosses the border? (Of course many tunnels have been found, so vehicle inspections won't stop smuggling, but it would help reduce unwanted cargo from getting into the US.)
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Post by Tennesseer on Feb 2, 2019 10:39:21 GMT -5
Sounds expensive. Who can we tax to pay for all that? All the tourists that will visit the Making America Great Wall of America. Any fencing trump puts up will hopefully and should be torn down once the scam artist is out of office. |
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Post by Tennesseer on Feb 2, 2019 10:50:07 GMT -5
How does the title and first paragraph and the rest of the post relate? One is about a semi truck crossing the Rio grande, and the other is a story from Arizona about how the wall is irrelevant to the largest drug bust on the border? trump and many of his followers keep pushing the falsehood the vast majority of drugs are being smuggled into the U.S. by individuals through parts of our shared border without walls, like swimming across the Rio Grande. In actuality, the vast majority of drugs are being smuggled through our legal ports of entry. So I thought I would create a bit of satire combining the falsehood (drugs crossing though un-walled areas (the Rio Grande being a natural border deterrent during high water times)) with the truth (the vast majority drugs coming through ports of entry often times hidden within tractor-trailer loads of goods). |
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Post by billisonboard on Feb 2, 2019 10:57:30 GMT -5
All the tourists that will visit the Making America Great Wall of America. Any fencing trump puts up will hopefully and should be torn down once the scam artist is out of office. I do not support a huge expenditure for adding large sections of addition barrier on the border because I don't think it is cost effective. I don't, however, see any reason to spend money to tear down something that President Trump might get built. That would be spending good money after bad to me. |
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Post by Tennesseer on Feb 2, 2019 10:59:05 GMT -5
Any fencing trump puts up will hopefully and should be torn down once the scam artist is out of office. I do not support a huge expenditure for adding large sections of addition barrier on the border because I don't think it is cost effective. I don't, however, see any reason to spend money to tear down something that President Trump might get built. That would be spending good money after bad to me. Maybe we can get Mexico to pay to have it torn down. |
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Post by OldCoyote on Feb 2, 2019 19:56:39 GMT -5
How does the title and first paragraph and the rest of the post relate? One is about a semi truck crossing the Rio grande, and the other is a story from Arizona about how the wall is irrelevant to the largest drug bust on the border? trump and many of his followers keep pushing the falsehood the vast majority of drugs are being smuggled into the U.S. by individuals through parts of our shared border without walls, like swimming across the Rio Grande. In actuality, the vast majority of drugs are being smuggled through our legal ports of entry. So I thought I would create a bit of satire combining the falsehood (drugs crossing though un-walled areas (the Rio Grande being a natural border deterrent during high water times)) with the truth (the vast majority drugs coming through ports of entry often times hidden within tractor-trailer loads of goods). Geeeees, tenn since they know where the drugs are coming thru,,,, Why don't they stop them,,, or is some one getting money to look the other way maybe,,,
several times now,, we have been told,, they are coming thru the port,, OK I believe you, why don't they stop the shipment?? since they know?
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Post by thyme4change on Feb 2, 2019 20:58:49 GMT -5
trump and many of his followers keep pushing the falsehood the vast majority of drugs are being smuggled into the U.S. by individuals through parts of our shared border without walls, like swimming across the Rio Grande. In actuality, the vast majority of drugs are being smuggled through our legal ports of entry. So I thought I would create a bit of satire combining the falsehood (drugs crossing though un-walled areas (the Rio Grande being a natural border deterrent during high water times)) with the truth (the vast majority drugs coming through ports of entry often times hidden within tractor-trailer loads of goods). Geeeees, tenn since they know where the drugs are coming thru,,,, Why don't they stop them,,, or is some one getting money to look the other way maybe,,,
several times now,, we have been told,, they are coming thru the port,, OK I believe you, why don't they stop the shipment?? since they know?
The border is quite a bottleneck, so they don't inspect every car. If they were able to double the agents and double the lanes at the port of entry, they could catch a lot more. Additional money going to border control to spend in a way they think is most effective. If they think a wall will work, build a wall. If they think more agents and 3 more x ray machines per port would be most effective - let's do that. |
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Post by OldCoyote on Feb 2, 2019 21:28:36 GMT -5
Why is it a bottle neck,, government employee could search each one,, After all I never met a government employee that was concerned if they inconvenienced me. TSA certainly comes to mind!!
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Post by djAdvocate on Feb 3, 2019 13:21:31 GMT -5
Time to give up,, we have been defeated! Time to call the Philippines leader,,, they know how to deal with drug dealers!
jesus, man. you can't be serious.
are you SERIOUSLY talking about taking out people with an illness?
that's fucking sick, bro.
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Post by djAdvocate on Feb 3, 2019 13:33:14 GMT -5
How about death sentence for drug dealers,
the biggest drug dealers on the planet are the CIA. what do you suggest we do with THEM? |
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Post by weltschmerz on Feb 3, 2019 13:44:13 GMT -5
How about death sentence for drug dealers, if you are the truck driver, with a load of drugs ,, find the drugs,, stand them up against the"WALL" shoot them,, Right there!! firing squad! Drug users everywhere when convicted, take the to the Border of the U.S. drop them off at that Liberal State of the West Coast!! Ok OK I admit the first one is a little strong,, but the rest is good!!
So, you think the members of the Sackler family should be shot? Or only the brown drug dealers? |
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Post by happyhoix on Feb 4, 2019 12:25:44 GMT -5
Well, bills, is there any shortage of heroin? any shortage of cocaine? any shortage of fentanyl? any shortage of illegal opioids? any shortage of meth? any shortage of marijuana? Hmmmm, does not look like there is a shortage of any of this,,,, wonder why?? maybe there is a whole bunch more than this caught at the port ,, "Going around the end of the WALL" Or under, over, thru, and around the "WALL"!!!! Pretty much looks like what we are doing now ,,,is not working,,,
OK More multi million $$$$$ drone,, More cameras,, trouble is those things don't arrest or stop people! More patrol officers sothat when they get old retire,, their retirement makes SS look like a piggy bank??
A lot of illegal drugs come from south east asia. Others come from central South America and come in along the NE coast (like NYC) or in through the western coast of the US (like LA). To believe the Wall would stop all drugs from entering the country is completely false - it might divert some if it around to the other established routes, but most of it would still keep coming through the port of entries, hidden in cars and trucks, like it does now. Unless we do a better job searching incoming trucks and cars, and we can't, if we blow our money on a wall (that can easily be scaled or tunneled under).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_drug_trade
And I don't know that I'd worry about marijuana - since so many states grow their own now, the drug lords have switched to heroin.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/02/20/mexican-cartels-switch-gears-after-u-s-states-relax-u-s-states-legalize-marijuana-mexicos-cartels-sw/343389002/
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Post by billisonboard on Feb 4, 2019 12:38:50 GMT -5
I support dedicating large sums of money dealing with the demand side of the drug situation and not being so stressed about the supply side.
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Post by Tennesseer on Feb 4, 2019 13:15:40 GMT -5
I support dedicating large sums of money dealing with the demand side of the drug situation and not being so stressed about the supply side. That is where the national emergency exists. |
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Post by OldCoyote on Feb 4, 2019 20:40:04 GMT -5
OK then,, open the borders,, jail the users, Yea,, I will go for that!
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Post by thyme4change on Feb 5, 2019 9:08:59 GMT -5
OK then,, open the borders,, jail the users, Yea,, I will go for that! More unhelpful hyperbole. Do you understand the concept of nuance? |
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Post by swamp on Feb 5, 2019 10:15:45 GMT -5
OK then,, open the borders,, jail the users, Yea,, I will go for that! You can't jail them forever, and when they get out of jail, they're still an addict. Now what? You're also very naive if you think there aren't drugs in prison. |
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