We've been invaded! They've taken the hills. It's okay, it's just Mexican drug cartels
source: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/22/mexican-gangs-permanent-lookouts-parkland/
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"Mexican drug cartels have set up shop on American soil, maintaining lookout bases in strategic locations in the hills of southern Arizona from which their scouts can monitor every move made by law enforcement officials, federal agents tell Fox News.
The scouts are supplied by drivers who bring them food, water, batteries for radios -- all the items they need to stay in the wilderness for a long time.
Click here for more on this story from Adam Housley.
“To say that this area is out of control is an understatement," said an agent who patrols the area and asked not to be named. "We (federal border agents), as well as the Pima County Sheriff Office and the Bureau of Land Management, can attest to that.”
Much of the drug traffic originates in the Menagers Dam area, the Vekol Valley, Stanfield and around the Tohono O’odham Indian Reservation. It even follows a natural gas pipeline that runs from Mexico into Arizona.
In these areas, which are south and west of Tucson, sources said there are “cartel scouts galore” watching the movements of federal, state and local law enforcement, from the border all the way up to Interstate 8.
“Every night we’re getting beaten like a pinata at a birthday party by drug, alien smugglers," a second federal agent told Fox News by e-mail. "The danger is out there, with all the weapons being found coming northbound…. someone needs to know about this!”
The agents blame part of their plight on new policies from Washington, claiming it has put a majority of the U.S. agents on the border itself. One agent compared it to a short-yardage defense in football, explaining that once the smugglers and drug-runners break through the front line, they're home free.
“We are unable to work any traffic, because they have us forward deployed," the agent said. "We are unable to work the traffic coming out of the mountains. That traffic usually carries weapons and dope, too, again always using stolen vehicles.”
The Department of Homeland Security denies it has ordered any major change in operations or any sort of change in forward deployment.
“The Department of Homeland Security has dedicated unprecedented manpower, technology and infrastructure resources to the Southwest border over the course of the past 16 months," DHS spokesman Matt Chandler said. "Deployment of CBP/Border Patrol and ICE personnel to various locations throughout the Southwest border is based on actionable intelligence and operational need, not which elected official can yell the loudest.”
While agents in the area agree that southwest Arizona has been a trouble spot for more than a decade, many believe Washington and politicians “who come here for one-day visit” aren’t seeing the big picture.
They say the area has never been controlled and has suddenly gotten worse, with the cartels maintaining a strong presence on U.S. soil. More than ever, agents on the front lines are wearing tactical gear, including helmets, to protect themselves.
“More than 4,000 of these agents are deployed in Arizona," Chandler says. "The strategy to secure our nation’s borders is based on a 'defense in depth' philosophy, including the use of interior checkpoints, like the one on FR 85 outside Ajo, to interdict threats attempting to move from the border into the interior of our nation.”
Without placing direct fault on anyone, multiple agents told Fox that the situation is more dangerous for them than ever now that the cartels have such a strong position on the American side of the border.
They say morale is down among many who patrol the desolate area, and they worry that the situation won't change until an agent gets killed."
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Even Micheal Savage is okay with amnesty for illegals in the U.S., as long as we actually secure the border. Arizona's SB1070 could be repealed, if the U.S. government enforces federal immigration law (Arizona's law is similar to California's section 834b of the California Penal Code that deals with immigration law enforcement at the local level.), but this?
The hills are alive with the sound of "apurar", or hurry. Is this okay with everyone? Is everyone fine with the permanent cartel lookout bases in my home of southern Arizona? Are we profiling? Are we racist? Are we fools!!
Imagine if there were lookout bases in hills in Washington DC? This area is the leading area for OTM crossings. Other Than Mexican. Are there any potential terrorists that could blend in with mexican illegals? Is it okay for the cartels to kidnap more people in Phoenix than most of the rest of the world has kidnappings? Is it fine with you? Not me, sorry Mexico, but $20 billion a year in drug money is not okay with me. Notice me cartels, come to my home, kill me, and make me a martyr. I'd do it for this country, to help everyone else beat cocaine like I did, to help make those "party people" wake up from their stupor.
When you do cocaine, you look forward to it. THis is the real issue. Think about it. When you are just about to run out, how does it feel? Even if you and two good friends who can afford it just polish-off an ounce, what does it feel like when you are about to run out? Think of your children at this point. Imagine them in that position.
I've had a gun pointed at me by a young couple who wanted more cocaine, and I still didn't quit. I lost so much to cocaine, it hurts to think about it. If we had ad campaigns against cocaine, and of course crack, meth, and heroin, we'd make a real difference.
George Soros never runs out of cocaine, neither does Sting, or Montel. They were so close to legalizing pot, but that wasn't good enough. Cocaine addiction is why there are cartel lookouts at the tops of mountains in southern Arizona. Our cocaine addiction.
Go ahead, some one, please defend cocaine. I'll put up pics of brainscans of coke users.
Go ahead.
The scouts are supplied by drivers who bring them food, water, batteries for radios -- all the items they need to stay in the wilderness for a long time.
Click here for more on this story from Adam Housley.
“To say that this area is out of control is an understatement," said an agent who patrols the area and asked not to be named. "We (federal border agents), as well as the Pima County Sheriff Office and the Bureau of Land Management, can attest to that.”
Much of the drug traffic originates in the Menagers Dam area, the Vekol Valley, Stanfield and around the Tohono O’odham Indian Reservation. It even follows a natural gas pipeline that runs from Mexico into Arizona.
In these areas, which are south and west of Tucson, sources said there are “cartel scouts galore” watching the movements of federal, state and local law enforcement, from the border all the way up to Interstate 8.
“Every night we’re getting beaten like a pinata at a birthday party by drug, alien smugglers," a second federal agent told Fox News by e-mail. "The danger is out there, with all the weapons being found coming northbound…. someone needs to know about this!”
The agents blame part of their plight on new policies from Washington, claiming it has put a majority of the U.S. agents on the border itself. One agent compared it to a short-yardage defense in football, explaining that once the smugglers and drug-runners break through the front line, they're home free.
“We are unable to work any traffic, because they have us forward deployed," the agent said. "We are unable to work the traffic coming out of the mountains. That traffic usually carries weapons and dope, too, again always using stolen vehicles.”
The Department of Homeland Security denies it has ordered any major change in operations or any sort of change in forward deployment.
“The Department of Homeland Security has dedicated unprecedented manpower, technology and infrastructure resources to the Southwest border over the course of the past 16 months," DHS spokesman Matt Chandler said. "Deployment of CBP/Border Patrol and ICE personnel to various locations throughout the Southwest border is based on actionable intelligence and operational need, not which elected official can yell the loudest.”
While agents in the area agree that southwest Arizona has been a trouble spot for more than a decade, many believe Washington and politicians “who come here for one-day visit” aren’t seeing the big picture.
They say the area has never been controlled and has suddenly gotten worse, with the cartels maintaining a strong presence on U.S. soil. More than ever, agents on the front lines are wearing tactical gear, including helmets, to protect themselves.
“More than 4,000 of these agents are deployed in Arizona," Chandler says. "The strategy to secure our nation’s borders is based on a 'defense in depth' philosophy, including the use of interior checkpoints, like the one on FR 85 outside Ajo, to interdict threats attempting to move from the border into the interior of our nation.”
Without placing direct fault on anyone, multiple agents told Fox that the situation is more dangerous for them than ever now that the cartels have such a strong position on the American side of the border.
They say morale is down among many who patrol the desolate area, and they worry that the situation won't change until an agent gets killed."
_______________________________________________________________________
Even Micheal Savage is okay with amnesty for illegals in the U.S., as long as we actually secure the border. Arizona's SB1070 could be repealed, if the U.S. government enforces federal immigration law (Arizona's law is similar to California's section 834b of the California Penal Code that deals with immigration law enforcement at the local level.), but this?
The hills are alive with the sound of "apurar", or hurry. Is this okay with everyone? Is everyone fine with the permanent cartel lookout bases in my home of southern Arizona? Are we profiling? Are we racist? Are we fools!!
Imagine if there were lookout bases in hills in Washington DC? This area is the leading area for OTM crossings. Other Than Mexican. Are there any potential terrorists that could blend in with mexican illegals? Is it okay for the cartels to kidnap more people in Phoenix than most of the rest of the world has kidnappings? Is it fine with you? Not me, sorry Mexico, but $20 billion a year in drug money is not okay with me. Notice me cartels, come to my home, kill me, and make me a martyr. I'd do it for this country, to help everyone else beat cocaine like I did, to help make those "party people" wake up from their stupor.
When you do cocaine, you look forward to it. THis is the real issue. Think about it. When you are just about to run out, how does it feel? Even if you and two good friends who can afford it just polish-off an ounce, what does it feel like when you are about to run out? Think of your children at this point. Imagine them in that position.
I've had a gun pointed at me by a young couple who wanted more cocaine, and I still didn't quit. I lost so much to cocaine, it hurts to think about it. If we had ad campaigns against cocaine, and of course crack, meth, and heroin, we'd make a real difference.
George Soros never runs out of cocaine, neither does Sting, or Montel. They were so close to legalizing pot, but that wasn't good enough. Cocaine addiction is why there are cartel lookouts at the tops of mountains in southern Arizona. Our cocaine addiction.
Go ahead, some one, please defend cocaine. I'll put up pics of brainscans of coke users.
Go ahead.
