What difference does it make, with an open border and a non-functioning criminal "justice" system?

at least the dog might get an extra bowl of kibble for her efforts

5,000 lbs of crystal meth seized in “monumental” California bust

The bust, which marked one of the largest meth seizures ever in San Diego County, occurred after agents spotted a 20-foot commercial box truck crossing into the US via the Otay Mesa Commercial Port of Entry on Thursday, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California.

“This monumental seizure represents another win against drug cartels that fuel addiction in the United States,” DEA Special Agent in Charge Shelly Howe said.

Federal prosecutors said four suspects from Tijuana, Mexico, were seen unloading dozens of cardboard boxes from the truck and packing them into a Dodge van.

Agents then apprehended the suspects in National City, where they found roughly 148 bundles of a substance that tested positive for meth. The total amount weighed in excess of 5,000 pounds, authorities said.

The suspects were identified as Rafael Alzua, 37, Mario Contreras, 41, Ethgar Velaquez, 44, and Galdrino Contreras, 41. 

If convicted of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, they face a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison and up to life behind bars, as well as a $10 million fine. It’s unclear if they’ve hired attorneys who could speak on their behalf.

But so what? That was just one truck. How many similar loads come across the border every day? Every Week? Every month?

And that seemingly harsh potential sentence will probably never be imposed:

Alzua told investigators he had been recruited to “move some boxes,” Scott wrote.

Velazquez said he walked across the border from Tijuana after being asked by Mario or Galdrino Contreras to drive a truck. He claimed he didn’t know that narcotics were packed into the vehicle, according to Scott’s affidavit.

The Contreras brothers told agents they thought they were smuggling marijuana and would be compensated for their efforts, Scott said.

Unless the feds have proof that the boys knew what they were delivering, they’ll probably just be deported, and even that’s questionable.

New York takes a different approach to drug smugglers: catch and release:

Caught red-handed with 140 lbs of crystal meth with a $1.2-million street value, two Mexican cartel members are released without bail, free to go back to home base and come in again. Couldn’t ICE at least have detained them as illegal aliens? No: New York Law doesn’t permit that, and ICE has stopped our immigration laws.