{"id":2977,"date":"2024-03-15T15:43:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T15:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=2977"},"modified":"2024-03-15T15:43:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T15:43:03","slug":"bidens-open-border-policy-with-corrupt-mexico-fuels-drug-gun-human-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=2977","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s Open Border Policy With Corrupt Mexico Fuels Drug, Gun &#038; Human Trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AP22243765151650-scaled.jpg\" data-caption=\"Migrants walk along concertina wire toward Border Patrol officers after illegally crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico into the U.S. at Eagle Pass, Texas. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay)\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AP22243765151650-696x464.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AP22243765151650-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AP22243765151650-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AP22243765151650-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AP22243765151650-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AP22243765151650-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AP22243765151650-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AP22243765151650-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AP22243765151650-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AP22243765151650-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AP22243765151650-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AP22243765151650-560x373.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"\" title=\"Border Enforcement Texas\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Migrants walk along concertina wire toward Border Patrol officers after illegally crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico into the U.S. at Eagle Pass, Texas. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mexico\u2019s $10 billion lawsuit against U.S. firearm manufacturers has a sick and twisted wrinkle. The Biden administration\u2019s \u201copen-border\u201d policy is funding the same violent narco-terrorists that plague Mexico with violence, murders, corruption and sending illicit drugs into America.<\/p>\n<p>Mexican officials claim that U.S. firearm manufacturers are trafficking firearms south, which arms these murderous cartels. That\u2019s an absurd allegation. Yet, a cursory look at how the cartels are expanding their illicit enterprises to include human trafficking shows how the open-border policies are fueling not just rampant crime in Mexico but also the illegal firearm trafficking that\u2019s arming the cartels.<\/p>\n<p>Mexico\u2019s lawsuit was <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/us-appeals-court-revives-mexicos-10-billion-lawsuit-against-gun-makers-2024-01-22\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">given new life<\/a><\/strong> when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit overturned a lower court\u2019s decision that earlier dismissed the case on the grounds that the Protection of Lawful Commerce In Arms Act (PLCAA) prevents frivolous lawsuits against firearm manufacturers for the crimes committed by remote third parties. Mexico\u2019s claims that U.S. manufacturers are complicit in funneling guns illegally across the border is irrational at best, if not insidious.<\/p>\n<h4>Corrupt Mexican Government<\/h4>\n<p>Mexican President Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador\u2019s handling of the narco-terrorism crisis is alarming. Instead of confronting the cartels, he\u2019s adopted a \u201chugs, not bullets\u201d strategy when he ran for office in 2018. The Texas Public Policy Foundation <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.texaspolicy.com\/amlo-doubles-down-on-hugs-not-bullets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called the policy \u201chugs for thugs\u201d<\/a><\/strong> and wrote that President L\u00f3pez Obrador\u2019s never clearly defined what that meant, only throwing out a catchphrase. He doubled down on that ill-defined policy in 2022. Today, Mexico still suffers from the cartels that know only violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut [President L\u00f3pez Obrador] has never had a cross word for narcos,\u201d Texas Public Policy Foundation wrote of the Mexican president.<\/p>\n<p>That deafening silence is because there is mounting evidence, even as President L\u00f3pez Obrador prepares for a re-election bid, that he is corrupt. He\u2019s been bought-and-paid-for by the Mexican drug cartels to the tune of millions. The liberal publication \u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/mexico-amlo-lopez-obrador-campaign-drug-cartels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pro Publica reported<\/a><\/strong> that U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) agents \u201cuncovered what they believed was substantial evidence that major cocaine traffickers had funneled some $2 million to his first presidential campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Mexican government corruption is so thorough and rampant that the DEA told Pro Publica there was no divorcing government officials from the criminal cartels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe corruption is so much a part of the fabric of drug trafficking in Mexico that there\u2019s no way you can pursue the drug traffickers without going after the politicians and the military and police officials who support them,\u201d said Raymond Donovan to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/mexico-amlo-lopez-obrador-campaign-drug-cartels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pro Publica<\/a><\/strong>, who recently retired as the DEA\u2019s operations chief.<\/p>\n<h4>Falsely Blaming U.S. Manufacturers<\/h4>\n<p>There\u2019s no doubt that Mexican drug cartels are arming themselves to the teeth. The illegal trafficking of firearms to Mexico is hardly the doing of the firearm industry. The firearm industry is among the most-heavily regulated industries in America. Firearm manufacturers follow the laws and regulations that govern production, distribution and sale of their products. That includes filing production reports with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Any firearm destined for foreign countries must be <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/reps-and-senators-urge-white-house-stop-the-charade-with-firearm-export-delay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">approved for export by the Commerce Department<\/a><\/strong>, which includes 100 percent end-user checks. No other export commodity in America is subject to that level of scrutiny. Add to that, there\u2019s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/mexicos-military-gun-trafficking-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">only one firearm retailer in all of Mexico<\/a><\/strong>, and that\u2019s deep within the walls of a Mexican Army base in the heart of Mexico City.<\/p>\n<p>Firearm sales at retail in America are subject to an FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) verification and the buyer filling out and signing the ATF Form 4473 that attests they are the true intended recipient of that firearm.<\/p>\n<p>If there were wholesale efforts by U.S. manufacturers to skirt these laws and regulations, ATF would yank the licenses and press criminal charges in a heartbeat. The Biden administration is pressing a \u201cwhole of government\u201d approach to attacking the firearm industry. Never once has there been a hint or allegation by the ATF that firearm manufacturers are complicit in illegal firearm trafficking. In fact, ATF has long stressed that firearm retailers are the primary source of information that leads to firearm trafficking investigations, even current ATF Director Steven Dettelbach says ATF relies upon retailers who he has called the \u201cfirst line of defense.\u201d During the Obama administration, ATF sent Gun Runner Impact Team (GRITS) to the border looking to find retailer engaged in making illegal sales. They found none, unsurprisingly.<\/p>\n<h4>Cartel Human Trafficking Raking Billions<\/h4>\n<p>Yet, there\u2019s reason to believe that the Biden administration\u2019s border policies, and President Joe Biden\u2019s refusal to seal the border, is actually funding illegal firearm trafficking and exacerbating violent crime in Mexico. That\u2019s because the narco-terrorist cartels have found a new funding stream.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Rep. Anthony D\u2019Esposito (R-N.Y.) <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/immigration\/4465411-bidens-open-border-is-a-boon-for-human-traffickers-we-must-stop-them\/#:~:text=Transnational%20criminal%20organizations%2C%20or%20cartels,drug%20trafficking%2C%20and%20human%20trafficking.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote in The Hill<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cTransnational criminal organizations, or cartels, are being empowered by the lawlessness at the Southwest border under the watch of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Open borders facilitate the cartels\u2019 billion-dollar business of human smuggling, drug trafficking, and human trafficking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Human trafficking has become a lucrative business for the drug cartels. U.S. House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jhWGwNzFlwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>told Fox News<\/strong><\/a> in January that narco-terrorists earn $32 million each week in just one 245-mile stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas. \u201cThat\u2019s just trafficking humans. That\u2019s not counting the fentanyl they\u2019re pouring into this country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Carlos Gonzales told Fox Business in July 2023 that Mexican drug cartels <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/video\/6331186788112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earn over $1 billion each month<\/a><\/strong> through human trafficking and smuggling operations. Chairman Green <a href=\"https:\/\/homeland.house.gov\/2023\/07\/19\/chairman-green-every-dollar-the-cartels-rake-in-comes-at-the-cost-of-an-american-life-or-livelihood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>said in a July 2023 U.S. House Homeland Security Committee hearing<\/strong><\/a>, \u201cIn 2021 alone, the cartels made an estimated $13 billion just from human trafficking and smuggling.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Open Border Facilitation<\/h4>\n<p>Those are staggering figures, which are enriching criminal cartels, victimizing millions and funding the illicit criminal activities on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. The Biden administration, however, ignores the role that their misguided border policies play in funding violence and crime. Meanwhile, they\u2019re content to allow Mexico to abuse U.S. courts to attack the firearm industry.<\/p>\n<p>After all, this isn\u2019t something new for President Biden. He was vice president when the ill-fated and illegal gun running scheme run by the ATF, called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2013\/08\/27\/world\/americas\/operation-fast-and-furious-fast-facts\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Operation Fast &amp; Furious<\/strong><\/a>, allowed over 2,000 firearms to be illegally trafficked from the U.S. to Mexico and failed to track or account for them on the other side of the border. That was largely seen as an attempt by the Obama-Biden administration, including U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, as an attempt to smear U.S. firearm manufacturers with the blame for crimes in which they had no part. The scheme fell apart when ATF whistleblowers blew the lid on the illegal operation after it cost the life of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. The U.S. government has still never apologized to the Terry family for Operation Fast &amp; Furious.<\/p>\n<p>Mexico is trying to pin the blame for their own ineptness, corruption and cooperation with narco-terrorists by dragging U.S. manufacturers into court with a bogus $10 billion claim. It might be time that judges take a closer look at not just the Mexican government\u2019s corruption but also how the Biden administration\u2019s \u201copen border\u201d policies encourage human smuggling that is funding and fueling crime in both Mexico and the United States. If the U.S. Supreme Court allows Mexico\u2019s case to proceed to discovery, rest assured America\u2019s firearm industry will put the Mexican government\u2019s corruption and the Biden administration\u2019s ineptness on trial.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/bidens-open-border-policy-with-corrupt-mexico-fuels-drug-gun-human-trafficking\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Migrants walk along concertina wire toward Border Patrol officers after illegally crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico into the U.S. at Eagle Pass, Texas. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay) Next Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6 Mexico\u2019s $10 billion lawsuit against U.S. firearm manufacturers has a sick and twisted wrinkle. 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