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BORDER TROUBLES * USA /Mexico - Industry disputes border program's effect on drug smuggling
Lenexa,KS,USA -The Packer, by Bob Luder -14 Jan 2010: -- The enactment of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program in April 2007 brought with it concerns that it could have ill effects on the smuggling of drugs on trucks bringing goods from Mexico into the U.S.... The program, developed by the Department of Homeland Security, offers certified shippers what is essentially an express lane at the border, a way for speedy passage — usually with no one inspecting their trucks or cargo — instead of the usual lengthy wait to enter the U.S.... The Associated Press reported in November that the program was not performing up to expectations, noting that Mexican trucking companies made up only 6% of C-TPAT members, they accounted for half of 71 security violations over the past two years... Mexican drug smugglers exploited the program, knowing which trucks were apt to pass through without inspection, according to the Associated Press... However, border officials in the Nogales, Ariz., area and an official with U.S. Customs and Border Protection dispute claims that drug smuggling is on the rise on the U.S.-Mexico border, at least by truck, and certainly not when it comes to hiding contraband aboard shipments of fruits and vegetables... (Photo from cdn.wn: The United States - Mexico border, at the Arizona-Sonora perimeter
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