Dear Mr. Romney: When You Discuss Foreign Policy With Himself, You Might Mention That Drug Smugglers Are Driving Across The Arizona Border In Broad Daylight

Just sayin'...

Just ask rancher John Ladd of Arizona.

His San Jose Ranch sits right on the Arizona-Mexico line, ten and a half miles of land stretching from the town of Naco west toward the San Pedro River.  Border Patrol has three camera towers on his property, an eye-in-the-sky Cyclops, and sensors hidden in the desert shrubs that activate when smugglers pass.  A pedestrian fence (pictured below) blocks the entire ten and a half miles.
None of these security measures have worked.

Since the end of February, Ladd has had at least nine drug drive-throughs across his land involving 21 trucks.  The smugglers cut the mesh border fence and pull it down, then ramp over the vehicle barrier just inside it.  In most cases they tack-weld the fence back up and brush out tracks to disguise the incursion.

Eight of these episodes occurred in broad daylight, and in two of them the smugglers passed within 50 feet of a camera tower.

The chaos building south of our border, and increasingly spilling over into the heartland of the US, is most definitely a foreign-policy issue, as well as a domestic issue.

Obama's back-door amnesty by executive order this summer, giving the 'get-out-of-jail-free' card to hundreds of thousands of illegals only worsens the situation. Even in OS's county, two days' drive from the border, illegals have been camped here for years, awaiting the Next Amnesty.

This only creates more chaos, giving incentive to flout the law, breaking down civil society.

Which, after all, is the goal of the present administration.

Chaos creates opportunity.

Mexican Cartel Leader Killed Today In Battle Across The Border From Brownsville, Texas

The border war continues, and is coming close enough that classes were cancelled at UT Brownsville, lest the campus catch a stray bullet.

To the Mexican government's credit, they seem to be aggressively going after at least some of the narcotrafincantes. Whether the government is using the military to help one of the gangs prevail over the others is hard to know at this point; or if the goal is to have persons within the government take the trade over for themselves, also hard to know. Given the history of corruption, both are possible.

Or, it really may be a good-faith attempt to roust the bad guys for real. It is dawning upon the Mexicans that if they want access to the US for anything, they need to begin cleaning house back home. Patience has completely worn out, both with them and Obama, who has spent his efforts suing and blackmailing Arizona.

They read our election results, too.

Well, At Least This Hombre Will Have A Lot Of 'Splainin' To Do When (If) He Goes Home

Ok, in the meantime, someone 'splain this to OS:

From The Dickson (TN) Herald:

Dickson County agents from the Drug Interdiction Crime Enforcement unit seized more than $80,000 in cash they found stashed in the spare tire of a pickup truck on westbound Interstate 40 in Cheatham County Wednesday afternoon.


So far so good--but wait, there's more!

According to Dickson County Sheriff Tom Wall, the D.I.C.E. unit, which also has a trained K-9 officer, was patrolling the interstate just after noon when agents stopped the truck for a moving violation on the interstate. Wall said the dog, Paco, hit on the rear of the truck, leading agents to the cash.

The agents found the spare tire, located underneath the truck bed, and used a density meter to determine if something was in the tire. The meter read positive, he said. Agents also discovered a slit in the sidewall of the spare tire. When one of the agents slid his hand into the slit he “felt something plastic.”

Two black trash bags were pulled out of the tire and the money was seized. Wall said some of the cash was wrapped in the bundles and there was also loose cash.

Well done, Paco! Good dog! Could it be this is drug related?


In addition, a swab test was taken on the spare tire and tested positive for cocaine residue.

Yes, indeedy! OS is shocked, positively shocked to read that this might related to the drug trade. After all, he carries 80k in his truck's spare tire on a regular basis....

But wait, there's more!

 Agents said the driver appeared nervous when he was stopped and there appeared to be “a lot of new items” in the truck, as if he’d been “on a shopping spree.” Items included clothes, electronic equipment and items for an infant.

They said the driver also displayed “other indicators” and produced a Mexican driver’s license. The driver was questioned and denied any knowledge of the money being in the tire. He told authorities he was headed home from Ohio to Texas after visiting family in Cincinnatti for the past several days. He also said he’d only purchased the late ‘90s Ford Ranger pickup truck a couple of months ago, the sheriff said. 

The DICE unit will seek a forfeiture warrant for the money but the pickup was in poor condition and it was not seized. 

The driver was released and the cash was taken to the D.I.C.E. office.

What?  This whole incident screams 'illegal alien muling cash back to Mexico', and the local cops send him on his merry way...

Now, departing some 80k lighter on his way home, he'll have some 'splainin'-to-do-Lucy' to the 'gentlemen' who'll expect their money from him.

Lucy, 'splain-this-to-me, por favor...