Mexican Drug Cartel Corruption: More & More Moving North

Earlier, I reported corruption of our military and law enforcement by the Mexican drug cartels. Crime, corruption, conspiracy, bribery, and racketeering have compromised our military forces, state law enforcement, the Justice Department, the FBI, and our judiciary as reported here and here. I also reported on US and Mexican national policies and presidents promoting illegal immigration, drug smuggling, etc. here.

As everyone familiar with the "border war" knows, the drug cartels have long controlled all smuggling into the United States: illegal aliens and drugs. In reaching this level of control, they have corrupted formerly legitimate businesses and individuals as they have our local, state, and federal governments.

As reported recently source business is booming and the law enforcement authorities don’t know a lot about the details.

PHOENIX — Smugglers who bring illegal immigrants into the United States are getting crucial help from seemingly legitimate businesses that supply them with cars, lodging, plane tickets and other services, knowing full well what's going on.

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Authorities are unable to estimate the number of businesses helping smugglers but say the biggest concentration is in Arizona, the busiest illegal gateway into the United States. Immigrant smuggling in Arizona is believed to be a $1.7 billion-a-year business.

Businesses also are cooperating with smugglers in San Diego, Los Angeles, Houston, San Antonio and El Paso.

It is a familiar pattern by now. The general public has long known about it, the liberal press finally reports some details, and then the authorities state that it is indeed happening but they don’t know a lot about it and can’t do much to prevent it.

We hear the same old story over and over again whether it’s smuggling, illegal aliens, drugs, armed invasion of our country by the Mexican Army and Los Zetas, or drug cartels corrupting and taking over American businesses. The pattern is familiar and the processes are relentless as they move north, further and further into America.

I use the term “border war” to describe events along the border but the forces and conflicts are really nation to nation. The conflicts and struggles are between Mexico and the United States and are international in scope. Our sovereignty as a nation is at stake and we are losing the war along the border. We had a victory or two in the Senate, but the open border crowd will not give up easily when the prize is America.