The “massive forest fire that has scorched 348 square miles in and around Yosemite National Park may have been sparked by illegal marijuana growers” as reported by Fox News.
As the Mexican cartels face increasing obstacles in moving their product over the border, they are setting up marijuana grow operations on remote public lands across the United States.
For example, during the 2010 growing season busted nearly 100 people — most Mexican nationals with suspected ties to the drug cartels — for alleged marijuana grow operations on public land in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California, and seized $1.7 billion worth of the wacky weed as then reported by The Associated Press.
In addition to the west coast the Mexican cartels have targeted the midwest woods for their grow operations, and in Wisconsin plantations worth $70 million have been uprooted from the state’s forests over the last four years as reported by WITI.
The United States is not even in control of its own borders and lands, and now the Obama Administration wants to police the Middle East? Perhaps America should consider getting its own sorry house in order before attempting to intervene in the affairs of others. Although President Obama insists he can walk and chew gum at the same time after five years into office it’s woefully apparent he can’t.
Further reading that may be of interest:
Barack Obama Ignores Murdered Kids
Filed under: Government, Mexican Drug Cartels, Organized Crime Tagged: Drug Trafficking
