News From the Border

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.

Sunday, February 25, 2007

Frequent Traveler Participant Arrested on Narcotics Smuggling Charges

Friday, February 23, 2007

San Ysidro, Calif. -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the San Ysidro, Calif. port of entry arrested a 41-year-old U.S. citizen male registered to participate in the CBP frequent traveler program Wednesday morning, February 21, after they discovered marijuana in the vehicle he was driving.

The driver's SENTRI pass was revoked, he was arrested and was transported to the San Diego County jail. The vehicle and narcotics were seized by CBP.

"SENTRI participants are regarded with a higher level of trust and confidence," said Adele Fasano, director of operations in San Diego. "When that trust is broken, we make every effort to work with federal and or state officials to prosecute the violator."

The man was arrested after he entered the port through a designated SENTRI lane driving a 2007 Nissan Altima at about 10:30 a.m. CBP officers, during a secondary examination, discovered 15 wrapped packages of marijuana in the spare tire well of the vehicle. The marijuana had a weight of about 41 pounds worth $14,000.

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