Trucking Companies Try To Prevent Contraband Cargo Jill Replogle - Fronteras Desk
go to original October 1, 2013

On Sept. 6, Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa commercial port of entry discovered 1,623 lbs. of marijuana in a shipment of limes. (Customs and Border Protection)

LISTEN: From the Here & Now Contributors Network, Jill Replogle of Fronteras Desk reports on the role of cross-border trucking in the movement of goods north, and how the federal government and private trucking companies are trying to secure their loads against ever-changing smuggling strategies.

In recent years, cross-border trucking from Mexico into the U.S. has boomed, with more than 5 million truck crossings in 2012.

For drug smugglers, getting a truckload of illegal narcotics past border authorities means potentially huge profits. At the San Diego port of entry, half of the drugs seized are discovered in cargo trucks.

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