Several multi-million dollar shipments of 'blow' stopped at South Texas ports of entry in past few weeks
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Cocaine again is making headlines 40 years after Pablo Escobar and his Medellin cartel flooded America with “blow.”
Coca-plant cultivation has shot up in South America. Farmers, particularly in Colombia, have become so efficient at growing it that they have doubled their yield per acre. A report last October by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime suggested a 53 percent rise in cocaine production from one year to the next in 2023, with a yield of 2,664 metric tons.
This increase is being felt at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Customs and Border Protection officers at the Hidalgo (Texas) International Bridge on Feb. 24 stopped a passenger bus coming from Mexico with $2.7 million in cocaine hidden inside the vehicle.
https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/border-crime/us-border-feels-impact-of-ramped-up-cocaine-production-in-colombia/
