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Squeeze On Southwest Border Pushes Illegal Contraband Activity Into Caribbean

Friday, June 29th, 2012

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Increased pressure by the United States government along the Mexican border to help choke off the flow of illegal cross-border activity has resulted in an increase of this activity in the Caribbean region, congressional and Puerto Rican officials charged recently. In FY ’11, the amount of illegal drugs seized in the Caribbean, Bahamas and Gulf of Mexico represented a 36 percent increase over the past four years, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight,…

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