To those who have been paying attention to the illegal invasion, and resulting deterioration on our streets, there really isn’t a need for another great reason to seal, and protect our border with Mexico. However, just because we might not need one, that doesn’t mean that they do not exist.
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Hezbollah is using the same southern narcotics routes that Mexican drug kingpins do to smuggle drugs and people into the United States, reaping money to finance its operations and threatening U.S. national security, current and former U.S. law enforcement, defense and counterterrorism officials say.
The Iran-backed Lebanese group has long been involved in narcotics and human trafficking in South America’s tri-border region of Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil. Increasingly, however, it is relying on Mexican narcotics syndicates that control access to transit routes into the U.S.
Hezbollah relies on “the same criminal weapons smugglers, document traffickers and transportation experts as the drug cartels,” said Michael Braun, who just retired as assistant administrator and chief of operations at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
“They work together,” said Mr. Braun. “They rely on the same shadow facilitators. One way or another, they are all connected.
“They’ll leverage those relationships to their benefit, to smuggle contraband and humans into the U.S.; in fact, they already are [smuggling].”
His comments were confirmed by six U.S. officials, including law enforcement, defense and counterterrorism specialists. They spoke on the condition that they not be named because of the sensitivity of the topic.
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This is a gigantic problem that cannot continue to be ignored. There have been warnings about regarding Hiz’b’allah setting up shop in Mexico since at least 2006. But, hey…maybe I’m wrong and Hiz’b’allah is just sneaking their agents into our Country to do the jobs that American’s won’t do.
Tags: border, Hiz'b'alla, Hizbollah, Iran, Mexico
