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Rogue pilots trafficked a billion dollars in cartel drugs across US while no one watched
Robert Carlson, a California businessman who dreamed of becoming the cocaine king of the skies, used private jets for three years to funnel a billion dollars worth of cartel drugs through smaller airports across the country — exploiting a security blind spot. He did it over and over again, profiting off a rarely policed mode of transportation. And when he was finally busted in 2017 in Lexington, Kentucky, it wasn't because of the X-ray scanner or drug-sniffing dog. That level of security at… (www.yahoo.com) 기타...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
As long as the US is the biggest consumer of drugs......drugs and people move North....money and guns move South.....Wall or no wall
Ugh. Sensationalism and "click on me!!!" nonsense.
Reminds me of the time I 'ferried' several millions of Yugoslavian dinars (devalued) from Zagreb to Belgrade.
The article mentioned that the majority of GA pilots are more then willing to report these illegal actions when they see and recognize them. I have no way of knowing, but would bet hard cash that the bad guys represent a tiny fraction of GA pilots. So rather than being likely, that when you see a GA aircraft overhead it is carrying contraband, there is a slim possibility that it is. Not even worth mention.
How ludicrous! The vast majority of private aircraft in this country are 30-40-50-60+ year old Pipers, Cessnas and Stinsons. My 45 year old Cherokee 140 (that I've owned for 34 years) is used to "ferry" groceries and beer and hardware from Charlevoix to Beaver Island, Michigan. It's amazing when I tell people I have a "private plane" they assume it's a jet!?! Ya right ....
You mean the Super Extreme Mega Border Wall didn't stop them !!! fake news. /END <sarcasm>
Space Force isn't slowing it down either.
Well considering that it hasn't been completed yet...no, but "the wall" isn't even intended to STOP anything, it's intended to be one component in a series of things designed to discourage illegal immigration, not drug trafficking because we all know that IF it was possible to design a wall that would halt trafficking then the product would still find its way through highway border checkpoints just like it does today stuffed in tires and whatever else. There is nothing wrong with having a wall on a border especially when you have the differences in standards of living that exist between Mexico and the US. It's common sense that a wall, combined with BP agents, combined with satellites and drones, is needed to prevent an all-out inundation of foreigners into our country. Notice that the world's longest unfortified border exists between Canada and the US? That's possible because not every Tom, Dick, and Harry in Canada wants to sneak into the US. It's not possible with Mexico and if you look around the world, MANY nations have walls and fortified borders with their neighbors, it's a normal thing if you can think outside of the bubble of America that you live in. Get real man. Lastly, the concept of a wall wasn't such a huge deal when the OBAMA admin approved funds for it long before Trump - google it if you don't believe it. The dems politicized it after they themselves approved money years prior and Obama even said it was needed to stop the flow of illegal immigration. Educate yourself please. Also realize that the border ALREADY HAD A WALL for many hundreds of miles before any of this recent political bs, so over the previous decades people actually had sense and realized that a wall was a good thing, it's nothing new dude.