The Mexican U.S. Connection

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of increased Border Patrol
activity along the 14-mile corridor from the Pacific Ocean and Imperial Beach to
Otay Mesa. The effort, known as Operation Gatekeeper, was launched in October
1994.
Meissner said the latest effort, an extension of Operation Gatekeeper,
would add five Border Patrol agents on horseback to patrol the back country and
three dog teams to be assigned to checkpoints along rural roads. Meissner also
announced that the Federal Bureau of Investigation would join the operation to
break up illegal smuggling rings at the border. She said the Border Patrol
would step up the use of checkpoints in the Temecula area, where smugglers
usually end up trying to evade the Border Patrol checkpoint. In March, a van
carrying illegal immigrants overturned near there as its driver tried to avoid
agents; eight illegal immigrants were killed and 18 others injured. In Los
Angeles, an alleged smuggler of illegal immigrants who police say was at the
wheel of a pickup truck ...

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it though he keeps hinting that he might
implement the Act's strongest provisions after the elections."
The second is the expected rise in US interest rates. Most economists
are factoring in a half point rise in US interest rates either before, or more
likely, immediately after the US elections on November 5th. It is not yet clear
whether the Mexican stockmarket has discounted an increase in US rates. Higher
US rates are likely to lead to diminished flows of cash to the Mexican market.
Also, drug trafficking is a drastic problem that is battled daily. Juan
Garcia Abrego, recently added to the FBI's top 10 most wanted list, who
according to FBI reports, is charged ...

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