This home-based interview consists of several questions and answers over drug-cartel violence and human smuggling. The approx. time of interview was 58 mins.
GSSL Student: How much of a threat are drug cartels perceived as?
CBP Director: They are a minimal threat due to the fact that they are in the U.S. already. Some members live and reside in the U.S. Mexican national Cartel members realize that the U.S. is powerful; therefore, they won’t cross the border nor get close to it. There’s no chance that they would attack the U.S. and it’s agents on our borders, but we always take precaution.
GSSL Student: What is the most popular tactic used for human/narcotic smuggling alongside the RGV?
CBP Director: The tactics used to smuggle humans into the U.S. is by obtaining valid U.S. documents. They recruit minors, as well as people with same facial features as in the documents. Kids and teens are targeted by cartel members to become part of the Narco bussiness. CBP and agents have created a program called Operation Detour, aimed to keep kids out of narco bussiness on the entire southwest border. Another tactic is straw purchasing: having U.S. citizens buy arms/weapons for cartels to make crimes. They bribe and target citizens that have clean records, this creates a felony problem of Arms trafficking.
GSSL Student: Where can I find useful and accurate open source intelligence information to conduct my academia research?
CBP Director: Look into The monitor, borderbeat.net, borderlandbeat.com, cbp.gov, san Antonio express. Also, check out the blue campaign (warn people about cartels). Here is also a very useful book that CBP uses for reference, book called “Los Capos” Las narco-rutas de Mexico. By Ricardo Ravelo.
Additional Comments: CBP Director gave me some valuable information regarding a conference called "Texas' First Annual International Conference on Human Trafficking: Oct 6-7, 2010. Location: State Capitol", that she attended in person.
GSSL Student: How much of a threat are drug cartels perceived as?
CBP Director: They are a minimal threat due to the fact that they are in the U.S. already. Some members live and reside in the U.S. Mexican national Cartel members realize that the U.S. is powerful; therefore, they won’t cross the border nor get close to it. There’s no chance that they would attack the U.S. and it’s agents on our borders, but we always take precaution.
GSSL Student: What is the most popular tactic used for human/narcotic smuggling alongside the RGV?
CBP Director: The tactics used to smuggle humans into the U.S. is by obtaining valid U.S. documents. They recruit minors, as well as people with same facial features as in the documents. Kids and teens are targeted by cartel members to become part of the Narco bussiness. CBP and agents have created a program called Operation Detour, aimed to keep kids out of narco bussiness on the entire southwest border. Another tactic is straw purchasing: having U.S. citizens buy arms/weapons for cartels to make crimes. They bribe and target citizens that have clean records, this creates a felony problem of Arms trafficking.
GSSL Student: Where can I find useful and accurate open source intelligence information to conduct my academia research?
CBP Director: Look into The monitor, borderbeat.net, borderlandbeat.com, cbp.gov, san Antonio express. Also, check out the blue campaign (warn people about cartels). Here is also a very useful book that CBP uses for reference, book called “Los Capos” Las narco-rutas de Mexico. By Ricardo Ravelo.
Additional Comments: CBP Director gave me some valuable information regarding a conference called "Texas' First Annual International Conference on Human Trafficking: Oct 6-7, 2010. Location: State Capitol", that she attended in person.
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