Smuggling Boats from Mexico Race Farther Up California Coastline
Mark Potter - NBC News
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July 15, 2013
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While most of the Mexican immigrant smugglers drop off their human cargo loads in southern California near San Diego, the marijuana smugglers are traveling farther north to avoid detection. NBC's Mark Potter reports.

Recently, Mexican boats carrying marijuana loads have landed on remote shores more than 300 miles north of San Diego. Two pangas were found near Big Sur. Another landed on the secured beaches of Vandenberg Air Force Base, while other smugglers left $4 million worth of marijuana bales strewn along the beaches near Refugio State Park, close to the pricey homes there.

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