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2018-12-21 Caribbean-Latin America

'Disturbing' new tactics: Mexican cartels use ultralight aircraft to smuggle illegals into U.S.

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-12-21 00:45|| || Front Page|| [16 views ] Top
File under: Human Trafficking

#1 Would supplying the Border Patrol with anti-aircraft guns over kill? However we should wait until after Christmas Eve so Santa Claus has time to clear the border.

Posted by Ebbavirt Clunk4147 2018-12-21 02:44|| 2018-12-21 02:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Seems like a quick flyover with a jet plane would put an end to anyone attempting to do that.

Posted by gorb 2018-12-21 04:38|| 2018-12-21 04:38|| Front Page Top

#3 My nephew (Border Patrol) says that they've been hauling people (1-2 per trip) for some time, but on an occasional basis. The consensus is that those folks being transported are the high-paying kind and probably we should be very concerned as to who they are.

These light aircraft can be set up near the border and flown in a relatively short amount of time. Our radar wouldn't even indicate that something was up until they were part way into the 30-minute or so flight. Almost too late to scramble.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2018-12-21 08:39|| 2018-12-21 08:39|| Front Page Top

Not everyone riding around Baghdad in one of those taxis was a bad guy.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-12-21 08:46|| 2018-12-21 08:46|| Front Page Top

#5 Flack guns would work well for this.

Posted by DarthVader 2018-12-21 09:05|| 2018-12-21 09:05|| Front Page Top

#6 Self portrait, B?

Posted by Mullah Richard 2018-12-21 09:40|| 2018-12-21 09:40|| Front Page Top

#7 a low and slow 182 with light mahine guns just cruising up and down the boarder of each adjacent state to Mexico

Posted by 746 2018-12-21 10:05|| 2018-12-21 10:05|| Front Page Top

#8 No Rich, always back in the rear with the gear.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-12-21 10:21|| 2018-12-21 10:21|| Front Page Top

#9 If the cartels are using ultralights for smuggling humans across the border I'd think they are getting desperate.

Posted by JohnQC 2018-12-21 17:01|| 2018-12-21 17:01|| Front Page Top

#10 Great way to bring in nuclear materials, carfentanil & other weapons of mass destruction in very small packages. This has probably already happened.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-12-21 22:10|| 2018-12-21 22:10|| Front Page Top

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