Thread: Cartel ‘spies’ infiltrate U.S. customs agency

Cartel ‘spies’ infiltrate U.S. customs agency

New York Times
By Randal C. Archibold
Fri., Dec . 18, 2009

Mexican drug traffickers step up efforts to corrupt border agents

SAN DIEGO - At first, Luis F. Alarid seemed well on his way to becoming a customs agency success story. He had risen from a childhood of poverty and foster homes, some of them abusive, earned praise and commendations while serving in the Army and the Marines, including two tours in Iraq, and returned to Southern California to fulfill a goal of serving in law enforcement.

But, early last year, after just a few months as a customs inspector, he was waving in trucks from Mexico carrying loads of marijuana and illegal immigrants. He pocketed some $200,000 in cash that paid for, as far as the government could tell, a $15,000 motorcycle, flat-screen televisions, a laptop computer and more.

Some investigators believe that Mr. Alarid, 32, who was paid off by a Mexican smuggling crew that included several members of his family, intended to work for smugglers all along. At one point, Mr. Alarid, who was sentenced to seven years in federal prison in February, told investigators that he had researched just how much prison time he might get for his crimes and believed, as investigators later reported, that he could do it “standing on his head.â€

wow, this was bound to happen one day.
but to have so many people working for both sides. that is just scary

Hiring Mexicans to protect are borders. No suprize here !
Wolfs guarding the sheep Border patrol dont hire Mexicans. Hire
U.S. CITIZENS PLEASE!

Our Government is infested with Communists and Subversives now...No Suprise here at all....

Our Customs and Border Patrol cannot afford to employ lying corrupt agents. This would put them on an equal par with Mexican police and what a disaster that would be.

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Originally Posted by BrazenTempest

Hiring Mexicans to protect are borders. No suprize here !
Wolfs guarding the sheep Border patrol dont hire Mexicans. Hire
U.S. CITIZENS PLEASE!

I don't think you understand what's going on. No where in the article does it say they are hiring Mexican citizens. That would just be plain stupid on the part of our government. The problem is that the drug cartels are corrupting American citizens via family ties in Mexico. The cartels have the most effective weapon and that is money. They could also threaten family in Mexico to get their way. We need to cut the flow of money to these organizations and the only way to do that is legalization unfortunately.

One question that comes to my mind is,
DON'T THEY DO BACKGROUND CHECKS ? Also it is interesting that the corrupt border agents are MEXICANS !

Originally Posted by Rebelrouser

One question that comes to my mind is,
DON'T THEY DO BACKGROUND CHECKS ? Also it is interesting that the corrupt border agents are MEXICANS !

The Politically Correct Crowd believe background checks are racist.

Originally Posted by xfighter

Originally Posted by BrazenTempest

Hiring Mexicans to protect are borders. No suprize here !
Wolfs guarding the sheep Border patrol dont hire Mexicans. Hire
U.S. CITIZENS PLEASE!

I don't think you understand what's going on. No where in the article does it say they are hiring Mexican citizens. That would just be plain stupid on the part of our government. The problem is that the drug cartels are corrupting American citizens via family ties in Mexico. The cartels have the most effective weapon and that is money. They could also threaten family in Mexico to get their way. We need to cut the flow of money to these organizations and the only way to do that is legalization unfortunately.

Those American citizens they are hiring are likely anchor babies, who still have strong family ties to mexico. Any applicant, who's parents entered this country illegally and are still illegal at the time of application, should be denied for this very reason.