Drug smuggling on the rise along the border as human smuggling drops
By William Lajeunesse
Published May 25, 2017
FoxNews.com
Like any large corporation that responds to a sagging line of revenue, the Mexican cartels who control the border have replaced a decline in human smuggling with an increase in drug smuggling.
"They need to make their profits somewhere," says Border Patrol Agent Marlene Castro, overlooking the Rio Grande in South Texas. "They were making so much money from human trafficking. Now that's at a near all-time low, so they're trying to make money on narcotics...marijuana, meth and cocaine."
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