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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.

Saturday, March 31, 2007

Nogales Border Patrol Seizes 6 Tons of Marijuana from Garbage Truck

Friday, March 30, 2007

Nogales, Ariz. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol agents assigned to the Nogales Station discovered more than six tons of marijuana concealed in a trash truck yesterday.

On March 29, at 1 p.m. agents stopped a 2000 commercial trash truck near Arivaca, Ariz. During the stop a CBP canine team alerted to the truck. Agents searched a roll-off type of trash bin and discovered 560 bundles of marijuana weighing 12,923 pounds.

The estimated value of the marijuana is $10,338,400.

The U.S. citizen driver was arrested. After processing, the vehicle, suspect and drugs were turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for further investigation.

Through February 28, Tucson Sector Border Patrol has seized 399,458 pounds of marijuana this fiscal year. This is a 33 percent increase over the same time period in fiscal year 2006 where Tucson Sector agents seized a total of 300,156 pounds of marijuana.

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