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Skwmom

(12,685 posts)
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 06:32 PM Apr 2016

Drones being used to transport Heroin from Mexico to US


Wow, that couldn't have been predicted.

Smugglers’ creativity defies gravity: One successful bust came when agents caught two men flying a drone carrying 28 pounds of heroin from Mexico to California.

It's also true that the majority of Heroin is coming in from Mexico.

The National Drug Threat report notes that Colombian gangs were traditionally the suppliers of wholesale cocaine and heroin to Mexican and Dominican groups. But cartels in Mexico are ramping up their roles on the supply side -- opium production in Mexico increased by 50 percent in 2014.

http://www.politifact.com/ohio/statements/2016/mar/14/rob-portman/most-heroin-us-comes-over-mexican-border/

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Drones being used to transport Heroin from Mexico to US (Original Post) Skwmom Apr 2016 OP
Wonderful news, if it means no more in the stomach of desparate "mules". lostnfound Apr 2016 #1
the wall just got 10 feet higher! Enrique Apr 2016 #2

lostnfound

(16,186 posts)
1. Wonderful news, if it means no more in the stomach of desparate "mules".
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 06:47 PM
Apr 2016

Not minimizing the sadness of heroin addiction.

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