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Deserted Island Being Used By Illegal Immigrants
yeah, yeah- like we all didn't know this was happening. I'm surprised they haven't set up an all-inclusive smuggling resort out there yet.
http://www.10news.com/news/25680019/detail.html
Deserted Island Being Used By Illegal Immigrants
Immigrants Make Stop At ‘Smuggle Island’ On Way To United States
SAN DIEGO -- 10News uncovered a deserted island and the risky operation that is making it possible for illegal immigrants to sneak into San Diego.
Abandoned fishing pangas have become a common sight on San Diego beaches. Very rarely are the passengers found, since they are illegal immigrants who
are smuggled into the United States in the dark of night. Illegal border crossings are down, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
However, the number of immigrants using the sea to illegally enter the United States in panga boats is up.
10News rode along with a group called the Desert Angels to learn more about the route immigrants take. The Angels told 10News immigrant smugglers use
an island, known as "Smuggle Island" in the northern part of Mexico's Coronado Islands in an attempt to throw off U.S. tracking techniques.
Some immigrants are temporarily dropped off at the island. However, when the weather is bad or when the U.S. Coast Guard is searching for illegal
immigrants, the immigrants are sometimes left behind for days without food or water.
"Two months ago, before we left the food, we found five people that [were] stuck in that place," said Rafael Hernandez of the Desert Angels. "No one
picked them up... [They said] they [were] left behind... [and] abandoned."
Hernandez and the Desert Angels said they have no political agenda but exist to ensure that human beings do not die because they are without food or
water. They leave supplies on immigrant trails in the desert and on the uninhabitable island. As Hernandez and his partner Ricardo Villegas unloaded
the food and water, they found an empty water bottle, which is evidence that the Angels' last drop-off served its purpose.
The Angels worked quickly because they have crossed paths in the past with drug traffickers who also used the islands.
When they finished dropping off the food and water, the Desert Angels searched the island for abandoned immigrants who may be hiding and in need of
medical care.
No immigrants were found, but the Angels found a compass at the top of a hill, which could mean the island was used recently. Less than 30 minutes
after arriving at the island, the Desert Angels finished their work and headed back.
"If we bring food and water for them and they use it, then that means we are doing something good for them," said Villegas. "We feel good."
For more information about the Desert Angels, visit the Desert Angels website.
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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motoged
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So, who gets to keep all those abandoned pangas?
Don't believe everything you think....
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BajaBlanca
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who indeed ???????????
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Barry A.
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In most cases, real property recovered by Law Enforcement is held for an unspecified time (assuming that it is not "evidence" in an on going case),
and then autioned off, with the agency keeping the profits.
At least that is the way we did it in the Fed. Govt.
Barry
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