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Providing the news from a different front but from a war that we must win as well! I recognize the poverty and desperate conditions that many Latinos live in. We, as the USA, have a responsibility to do as much as we can to reach out to aid and assist spiritually with the Gospel and naturally with training, technology and resources. But poverty gives no one the right to break the laws of another sovereign nation.

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

3,010 Pounds of Marijuana Seized at Nogales Port of Entry

$3 Million Estimated Value
Monday, January 29, 2007

Nogales, Ariz – Once again, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers at the Nogales port of entry have prevented a significant quantity of marijuana from reaching the streets of the United States, seizing more than a ton from a commercial truck loaded with produce.

At approximately 6:55 p.m. on Friday, January 26th, CBP officers and canines were performing routine sweeps of all vehicles inside the compound when one of the drug dogs, Rocksey, alerted the officers to the odor of narcotics coming from the back of a tractor trailer filled with yellow squash. Officers opened the trailer and climbed inside to quickly check the contents and see if narcotics were hidden inside. Once inside, they discovered bales of marijuana hidden between the pallets. The trailer was completely unloaded and the officers removed 121 bales of the narcotic, weighing 3,010 pounds. The estimated bulk value of the marijuana is $3 million.

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