Looking Out for Lookouts in the Mountains Along the U.S.-Mexico Border Michel Marizco - Fronteras Desk
go to original October 23, 2016

A Border Patrol mountain scout interdiction agent looks out from a hilltop in the West Desert in Arizona. (Michel Marizco/Fronteras)

Most of the talk about border security this election season has centered on Donald Trump’s proposal to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico. But the U.S. has a different kind of security effort underway: targeting drug cartel lookouts within U.S. borders.

Michel Marizco of Here & Now contributor KJZZ’s Fronteras Desk reports on an operation designed to find these lookouts before they spot U.S. Border Patrol agents.

Related: Terrifying, Heart-Rending, Defeating: Ten Hours on the Border with One Latina Agent (Toronto Sun)

Related: Night Vision and Thermal Imaging Solutions Face Untamed Border Challenges (Homeland Security Today)

Related: What I Learned from a Week at the Mexico Border Wall (Fusion)

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