Mexican Drug Cartels putting Americans in danger on American soil

By Michael Webster: Syndicated Investigative Reporter. May 17, 2010 at 4:30 PM PDT

1st part in a multiple part series.

Group moving north in Arizona: Photo by American Border Patrol.

Americans on the American side of the U.S. Mexican border are in much danger today from newly trained Mexican drug traffickers, who according to the highest level of the Mexican military reveals that Mexican Drug Cartels (MDC's) are currently training Mexican smugglers in the art of military tactic's. These trainees often referred to by many as coyotes are very important to the drug trade. These coyotes are believed to be responsible for the tons of illegal drugs being clandestinely smuggled into the United States from Mexico on a daily bases. As a result of this new level of training it is putting many average Americans in grave danger and right here at home.

A high ranking Mexican Army commander who insists on remaining anonymous has told the U.S. Border Fire Report that Mexican coyotes are now being trained by the Mexican Drug Cartel known as the Los Zetas and are operating in the deserts of Arizona. These highly trained former Mexican Army solders who themselves went through some of the best and latest U.S. Army training at the American tax payers expense now are passing this training onto the front line drug smugglers that guide these drug loads and human beings into the states mainly through our southern border with Mexico. They're known as "Los Zetas

  Armed drug smugglers on the trail heading north in southern Arizona. Photo by SBI. See video's at: http://www.secureborderintel.org/TusconSector-armedescorts.html 

He, told me "that the weapons are used to guarantee the success of the operation". He said "there are many dangers I and my men can face in route, me and my men have used our weapons to protect the group against Rattle Snakes and even Bear attacks" 06/08/09 - 10 second video - bear on trail.  But later he admitted that the main reason for having the weapons is to protect the drugs, mainly from competing drug gangs and Bajadores (Mexican bandits) who from time to time they encounter. According to him many of the roaming gangs are looking for a fast and easy load of drugs, But also there are competing drug cartel gangs who are also trained and will try to take our loads and who want to operate on our turf.

Juan said "But now we are much better prepared to deal with this and other threats that we may have to face on every trip." I asked, if and when he encounters American law enforcement would he and his men fire their weapons at them? He told me that that was not likely to happen because the routes he uses are not paroled by American authorities. He claims that this is possible because some high U.S. Government people is paid by the Zetas to not be in the area at certain times during his operations. He said " we take additional precautions to prevent that from happening". "We post our own people all along the route to I 8 and near the transfer points on the highway mile markers. We place our spotters on high ground and fly ultralight aircraft, both have communication equipment, radio's and throW away cell phones. They are paid to watch for authorities and intruders, such as gangs, dangerous animals, American tourist, hikers, campers and all others who may be in the area."

People being smuggled into the U.S. in the truck loads: Most are from Mexico. Central America, South America and even from China and the Middle east. Some maybe terrorist. Photo by SBI. http://www.secureborderintel.org/Camera1-016.html

 Judge James Gray of Orange County California who has studied and worked with drug issues for years says "tens of billions of tax payer dollars have been spent on the War On Drugs and that so called war on drugs has failed."

According to long time border observer Glen Spencer "A massive number of people illegally enter the USA every day by simply walking unchallenged across our southern border.   In the 1952 miles of border from California to Texas they use literally thousands of trails and paths, ever changing their routes to avoid detection.   Cartel involvement has brought increased organizational skills to smuggling operations and, contrary to government claims, only a very small percentage are apprehended.   Accurate statistics are impossible to gather, but the true numbers are staggering, and the general public remains largely uninformed. " www.borderinvasionpics.com              info@americanborderpatrol.com

The Concerned Citizens said "that this I-8 corridor is very active and "VERY DANGEROUS", there is a very good chance you will see "ARMED DRUG LOADS"!! moving through the area.  This opp "IS NOT" for 1st timers, we are ready and at the top of our game with all the necessary gear for this type of opp and for being self sufficient for desert camping!

 
According to them "the biggest thing we can do on this opp is to be seen by the public on I-8 so we will be posting on every mile marker (that's were all the action is anyway) for a 30 mi. stretch. We provide maps/intel/phone numbers and radios on site as, there should be 2 vehicles & 4 people min. per mi. marker for safety."
 
 
"To the Concerned Citizens that are working I-8 and to those in the future thank you for supporting Arizona."
 
 Interstate 8, MM 141 - Freeman Exit. One area of focus by the Concerned Citizens.

Concerned Citizens continue to do the job the Federal Government won't do by securing the border south of Phoenix along Interstate 8. What we are having to do now is what should be done by Congress by putting Troops on the border.

The area south of Interstate 8 between Gila Bend (Junction 85 & I-8) and Casa Grande (Junction I-8 & I-10) is a major smuggling corridor.....drugs, IAs, weapons..... We’ve seen it all. This is approximately a 60 mile stretch, but not all that distance is active with smuggling.  The traffic comes up through the Tohono D' O'dham Indian Reservation day and night.

The fact that load vehicles use I-8 to enter this area, pick up their loads and leave the area makes them vulnerable to detection.  Load areas on I-8 are typically one of the following:  dirt roads, major washes and/or mile markers. Mile markers are used as "waypoints" by the load vehicles, so this also makes them vulnerable to detection.

The group points out that the bottom line, if we had enough dedicated individuals "camped out" on the entire known active load up points on I-8, we could effectively shut this area down.  A lot of recon has been completed in this area so we know this is doable.... just a matter of enough dedicated individuals."

"This IS a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area and is potentially very dangerous so participating individuals need to be prepared to defend themselves."

One of the movers and shakers in the Concerned Citizen organization pointed out that there has been eleven shootings in our sector so far this new year.