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March 28, 2013

Study: Every 3 out of 4 People Found with Drugs by Border Patrol Are U.S. Citizens 
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A new analysis has revealed the prominent role U.S. citizens play in
drug trafficking along the U.S.-Mexico border. The Center for
Investigative Reporting says three out of four people caught with drugs
by U.S. Border Patrol agents are U.S. citizens. Four out of five drug
busts — or 80 percent — involved a U.S. citizen. The number
of U.S. citizens caught by border agents tripled from 2005 to 2011, a
shift some have attributed to unemployment in the United States.

 

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