JUST SAYING
BY RAUL HERNANDEZ
MEXICAN CRIME STOPPERS PROGRAM
The only way the drug cartels will be defeated is from within through a Mexican Crime Stoppers that offers a very hefty reward to people who give information about drug smuggling routes, location of drug tunnels, where drugs are warehoused or drug shipments crossing the border.
A reward of up to $100,000 or more would be given based on what the information nets. Rewards of $1 million or more are given for arrests of drug cartel leaders.
An 800-type number in Mexico would make this Crime Stoppers Program accessible in Mexico where Mexican workers like mechanic or restaurant employees can call and give information. In doing so, they are assigned a secret ten-digit number and a code name.
Callers give the code name, case number, and details about the information when contacting Crime Stoppers.
The Crime Stoppers telephone operators are housed in secret locations on U.S. military bases. If the reward is paid, there would be different places where DEA agents would only go to Juarez, Matamoras, or Tijuana to take the reward money to the informant.
The person receiving the money would be given a phony name and told to wear a specific piece of clothing to the location for identification. Mexican locations can change within hours to avoid detection.
This will increase drug seizures, intelligence, and arrests, and at the very least, create paranoia/suspicion within the cartels. In a poor country, there will be a lot of tips and drug intelligence generated.