Sadly, the people used as drug moles are getting younger and younger.
Arrests of Drug-Smuggling Minors Rise on Arizona-Mexico Border - Fox News Latino: " Between last Oct. 1 and June 30, law enforcement authorities arrested 135 minors who were trying to enter the United States over Arizona's southern border with packets of drugs taped to their bodies, a substantial increase over the 83 cases registered during the same period of the 2010 fiscal year.
'The youths are often recruited by the traffickers under the false promise that due to their age they will not face any consequences if they're arrested,' Chris Leon, a spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Arizona, told Efe.
Of the 135 minors arrested, 93 are U.S. citizens and 42 are Mexicans."
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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