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===Human trafficing, drugs, and immigration===
===Human trafficing, drugs, and immigration===
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>
[[Judicial Watch]] broke a story about an ISIS training cell just a few miles from El Paso in an area known as “Anapra” situated just west of Ciudad Juárez in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.<ref>https://artvoice.com/2019/02/11/el-paso-a-major-smuggling-route-for-mexican-drugs-illegal-aliens-islamic-terrorists/</ref> Law enforcement and intelligence sources on both sides of the border confirm that cartel-backed “coyotes” help smuggle ISIS terrorists through the desert and into the U.S. between Acala and Fort Hancock, Texas.
[[Judicial Watch]] broke a story about an ISIS training cell just a few miles from El Paso in an area known as “Anapra” situated just west of Ciudad Juárez in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.<ref>https://artvoice.com/2019/02/11/el-paso-a-major-smuggling-route-for-mexican-drugs-illegal-aliens-islamic-terrorists/</ref> Law enforcement and intelligence sources on both sides of the border confirm that cartel-backed “coyotes” help smuggle ISIS terrorists through the desert and into the U.S. between Acala and Fort Hancock, Texas.
[[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 areas are targeted for exploitation by [[ISIS]] because of their understaffed municipal and county police forces and the relative safe-havens the terrain provides for the unchecked large-scale drug smuggling. In the aftermath of Judicial Watch's story about [[Islamic]] [[terrorist]]s operating in [[Juarez]], Beto tried to silence federal law enforcement sources.<ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/corruption-chronicles/feds-el-paso-rep-orourke-called-ban-contact-jw/</ref>
The areas are targeted for exploitation by [[ISIS]] because of their understaffed municipal and county police forces and the relative safe-havens the terrain provides for the unchecked large-scale drug smuggling. In the aftermath of Judicial Watch's story about [[Islamic]] [[terrorist]]s operating in Juarez, Beto tried to silence federal law enforcement sources.<ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/corruption-chronicles/feds-el-paso-rep-orourke-called-ban-contact-jw/</ref>
===Islamic State in Juarez===
===Islamic State in Juarez===