Mexican National Caught With 18.65 Pounds of Meth at Border Patrol Checkpoint

 

EAGLE PASS, TX — U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Eagle Pass South Station seized 18.65 pounds of methamphetamine at the U.S. Highway 57 immigration checkpoint, Nov. 17. The Customs and Border Patrol said the street value was around $89,000.
 
Border Patrol agents assigned to the immigration checkpoint, arrested a 50-year-old Mexican national with 18.65 pounds of methamphetamine with an estimated value of $89,040 hidden within his vehicle. The man and narcotics were turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration.

“This seizure highlights the important role our checkpoints play in keeping dangerous drugs from being smuggled further in to the United States,” said Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol Agent Raul L. Ortiz. “Our agents continue to work hard to ensure our communities are safe.”

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Dem speak has turned the crisis at our southern border from an immigration issue to a civil rights concern. According to Dems, we are bad people if we don't feel compassion for illegal aliens. What about compassion for those killed by meth or fentanyl smuggled over the border? Dems support illegal immigration because in typical socialist fashion they support a class of illegal serfs serving the interests of the wealthy, not to mention cultivating potential Dem voters. It really is a sad commentary of the current Democratic party. Simply put, Democrats do not represent the interests of America or Americans. They should be ashamed, but they are either too arrogant or suffering from incurable cases of TDS to think in a logical manner. Pitiful

It wasn't a crisis until somebody made executive decisions with out a full plan to implement those said decisions. The only thing it did was create a talking point for the far right wing in this country, those most vulnerable to hyperbole. You know the poorest of Americans, which happen to be in the south, governed by right wing fat cats. In fairness, the left has no electable savior per se. So its choosing how to die, drowning or burned to death, (paraphrasing Miss Lindsey)is our only option. Serfs....that's funny.

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