Posted on 02/01/2005 6:09:02 PM PST by Pa' fuera
The border at Tijuana has seen a resurgence as an illegal crossing point into the U.S. with the creation by smugglers of at least 22 new routes.
According to a study by the office of State Civil Protection, along with the Beta Group, immigrant smugglers developed new ways to arrive in the U.S. that allow them to outmaneuver the Border Patrol.
The majority of routes are in areas that the smugglers no longer used, such as Otay Mesa, according to Arturo Aragon Cabello, an investigator with Civil Protection.
The new routes are located, he added, in the neighborhoods known as El Nido de las Aguilas, Las Torres, and the area known as Las Arboledas, near the Tecate city limits.
The study, which took place from January to October of 2004, uncovered other points where crossing is common: the border fence in the Frontera neighborhood in Otay Mesa, and also areas near the Tijuana airport and near the Canon del Matadero in Playas de Tijuana, he said.
They are diffent routes from the ones used in the past in these sectors of Tijuana, through which the smugglers seek to bring more undocumented persons into the U.S.
When Operation Gatekeeper went into effect in 1994 in San Diego, the immigrant flow was detained and the majority of immigrants and smugglers began to attempt the crossing through the mountains near Tecate.
Last year, however, observations have indicated that the smugglers are once again beginning to look toward the border at Tijuana because it has advantages that Tecate does not, he commented.
For example, he added, the crossing time by foot at the Tijuana is shorter, the possibilities that the migrants will die are less, and the proximity to the freeway on the U.S. side, which allows the smugglers to mobilize the indocumented persons more rapidly.
I used to think you were a misguided but well meaning free market fanatic - and an American. Its clear now you're neither of those things.
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No, that would be in Arizona.
It was several years ago when I saw the segment on TV. They were filming people jumpiong the fences in mass and scattering while borders guard chased them.
Ridiculous way to run a railroad.
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