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According to the [[DEA]], El Paso is a major hub for Mexican [[opioid]]s and [[methamphetamine]] en route to the rest of the United States.<ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/corruption-chronicles/dhs-agents-bribed-let-drugs-illegal-aliens-u-s-el-paso-major-corridor-mexican-drugs/</ref>  In the Summer of 2019 the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released figures showing that the El Paso sector had a 1,588% increase in illegal immigrant apprehensions during the first month of 2019 compared to the first month of 2018. Most are come from [[Honduras]], [[Guatemala]] and [[El Salvador]].<ref>https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/sw-border-migration/usbp-sw-border-apprehensions</ref>

According to the [[DEA]], El Paso is a major hub for Mexican [[opioid]]s and [[methamphetamine]] en route to the rest of the United States.<ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/corruption-chronicles/dhs-agents-bribed-let-drugs-illegal-aliens-u-s-el-paso-major-corridor-mexican-drugs/</ref>  In the Summer of 2019 the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released figures showing that the El Paso sector had a 1,588% increase in illegal immigrant apprehensions during the first month of 2019 compared to the first month of 2018. Most are come from [[Honduras]], [[Guatemala]] and [[El Salvador]].<ref>https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/sw-border-migration/usbp-sw-border-apprehensions</ref>

Mexican drug cartels smuggle foreigners from countries with terrorist links into a small rural town near El Paso by using remote farm roads—rather than interstates—to elude the Border Patrol and other law enforcement barriers.  The foreigners are classified as Special Interest Aliens (SIA) and are transported to stash areas in Acala, a rural crossroads located around 54 miles from El Paso on a state road – Highway 20. Once in the U.S., the SIAs wait for pick-up in the area's sand hills just across Highway 20.

[[Mexican drug cartel]]s smuggle foreigners from countries with terrorist links into a small rural town near El Paso by using remote farm roads—rather than interstates—to elude the Border Patrol and other law enforcement barriers.  The foreigners are classified as Special Interest Aliens (SIA) and are transported to stash areas in Acala, a rural crossroads located around 54 miles from El Paso on a state road – Highway 20. Once in the U.S., the SIAs wait for pick-up in the area's sand hills just across Highway 20.

[[File:Fast and Furious violence.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Well over 100,000 people have been killed in Mexican Drug Cartel Wars since the [[Obama administration]] launched [[Operation Fast and Furious]].<ref>https://archive.is/RyT8w</ref>]]

[[File:Fast and Furious violence.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Well over 100,000 people have been killed in Mexican Drug Cartel Wars since the [[Obama administration]] launched [[Operation Fast and Furious]].<ref>https://archive.is/RyT8w</ref>]]

''[[The New York Times]]'' documented in  how hundreds of employees and contract workers at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have taken millions of dollars in bribes to let drugs and illegal immigrants into the United States.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/28/us/homeland-security-border-bribes.html</ref>  The DEA is cited in a Texas news report confirming that El Paso is a major corridor for Mexican cartels smuggling drugs into the U.S.<ref>https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/dea-2016-report-alarming-rise-in-opioid-drug-overdoses-product-passing-through-el-paso</ref>

''[[The New York Times]]'' documented in  how hundreds of employees and contract workers at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have taken millions of dollars in bribes to let drugs and illegal immigrants into the United States.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/28/us/homeland-security-border-bribes.html</ref>  The DEA is cited in a Texas news report confirming that El Paso is a major corridor for Mexican cartels smuggling drugs into the U.S.<ref>https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/dea-2016-report-alarming-rise-in-opioid-drug-overdoses-product-passing-through-el-paso</ref>