(CNSNews.com) – Hundreds of illegal U.S.-Mexico border-crossing attempts by low-flying aircraft have been detected in the last 21 months, according to a U.S. border protection official.
U.S. radar spotted 335 “suspected cross-border attempts” by aircraft at low altitudes between July of 2014 and June of 2015, and 59 suspected attempts from July 2014 to March 31, said Carlos Diaz, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman.
A Mexico City newspaper reported this week that Mexican drug cartels have operated huge fleets of small planes and established more than 4,700 clandestine runways in Mexico to ship drugs to the border region.
Citing information released by the Mexican military, El Universal reported that 599 airplanes were seized from the Sinaloa drug cartel between 2006 and 2015—a fleet several times larger than Mexico’s largest commercial airline. Fifty-five planes were confiscated in the past three years.
The daily reported that 4,726 clandestine airstrips have been detected in Mexico since 2006.
Diaz said the border flyover attempts were spotted by a U.S. system of tethered helium balloons equipped with radar, known as TARS (Tethered Aerostat Radar System).
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3 comments:
Don't understand why they're flying in when Border Patrol has absolutely no power to detain or arrest them just walking in through the open areas. Seems a bit expensive for mere immigrants. Sounds like something or someone is entering than just vagabonds looking for jobs or free welfare.
Please go back to sleep.....They are not flying people into the US.
Geez, a 308 will bring down one of those, should let the Texas Rangers have some fun.
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