Mexican cartels are thriving in New Mexico county, where the U.S. federal government shut down two local checkpoints which were critical in stopping narcotrafficking and illegal immigration through the border at El Paso, Texas.
Last month, Otero county became the first community to declare a state of emergency, and recently, their county sheriff, David Black, told the New York Post on May 5, that: “It’s a green light for the cartels when border checkpoints are down.”
