Former Border Patrol Officers: US Politicians Protecting Mexican Drug Cartels
Paul Scicchitano - Newsmax
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August 18, 2013
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Several former Border Patrol Officers warned in an open letter that some American politicians are protecting the activities of Mexican drug cartels operating in the U.S.

“We must never lose sight of the fact that the United States is the market place for the bulk of transnational criminal businesses engaged in human trafficking and the smuggling, distribution and sale of illegal drugs,” the former officers wrote, according to Breitbart.com. “Organized crime on this scale we are speaking about cannot exist without political protection.”

... The former officers, writing on behalf of the National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers, said that members of “these vicious transnational crime syndicates” are well established in more than 2,000 American cities and their numbers are increasing as networks expand and demands accelerate.

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