'Blind mules' unknowingly ferry drugs across the U.S.-Mexico border
Emily Smith, CNN
Updated 4:07 PM EST,
Mon January 23, 2012
Drivers with SENTRI passes use special lanes and are searched less at the U.S.-Mexico border, making them drug cartel targets.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
After passing a rigorous background check, Juan Andres received a special pass
The pass expedited his daily trip across the U.S.-Mexico border
He and other pass holders became victims of a drug cartel plot, officials say
Andres (not his real name) spent six months in prison, accused of drug smuggling
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http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/23/world/americas/mexico-blind-drug-mules/index.html?hpt=hp_bn2
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