Cartels Lure US Citizens With Money to Smuggle Illegal Aliens in Arizona

From grandmothers to college students, cartels recruit US citizens to break the law and become human smugglers

Sam, owner of a high-tech security company in Arizona, scans the southern border wall fence for illegal smuggling activity on Aug. 25, 2022. Allan Stein/The Epoch Times

This is the second article in a series on illegal drug and human smuggling along Arizona’s border with Mexico.

CASA GRANDE, Ariz.—Mexican drug cartel money drives international human smuggling operations in the United States, according to the owner of a private investigation company in Arizona that deals with border security issues.

Without it, the industry wouldn’t exist, he says.