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2010-01-04 Caribbean-Latin America

Note to Self: Do Not Smuggle Pot Through Nogales if Mexican National

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Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2010-01-04 07:30|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 To quote the Mexican Army Colonel in charge of the Nogales crossing: "Badges? We don' need no steenking badges!"

Posted by mojo 2010-01-04 10:51|| 2010-01-04 10:51|| Front Page Top

#2 I don't see where the Constitutional question comes from. US Customs is simply refusing entry to people carrying contraband. The fact the federales are waiting for them when they are tossed back seems purely coincidental.

In addition, it creates a nice opportunity for Mexican law enforcement to wet their beaks. It's a win-win for everyone!

Posted by SteveS 2010-01-04 11:50|| 2010-01-04 11:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Smuggling drugs is a crime in both countries. If ICE deports the perp because for whatever reason we can't or won't prosecute, the Mexican authorities have the right to charge the joker on their side of the border.

We're just making it easy for the Federales to do their job. No law against that (yet).

Posted by Steve White 2010-01-04 12:45|| 2010-01-04 12:45|| Front Page Top

#4 And so they mebbe jail the perps/mules (after raping selected chiquitas) followed by recycling of the contraband to the financial benefit of the Federales. I live in Tucson - 50 miles north of the border - and am suspect of law enforcement on both sides of the line. Once had a girlfriend in Nogales, Sonora - she went to her local copshop (I watched from the car with my own eyes) - she said they always had the best merchandise...although this was many moons ago I refuse to beleive anything has changed - corruption is too much of the culture...

Posted by borgboy 2010-01-04 13:36|| 2010-01-04 13:36|| Front Page Top

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