Traffickers at the El Chapo trial say drugs aren't smuggled through open parts of the border [View all]

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New York (CNN)Most drugs are smuggled into the United States onboard fishing boats, trains, tractor-trailers and ordinary cars that come into the country at legal ports of entry, according to former cartel members who've testified in the trial of notorious cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.

Some cartel members have testified about using underground tunnels. But none have said they've transported drugs into the United States at unwalled sections of the border.

The testimony comes at a time when President Donald Trump's push for a border wall includes arguments that it would help stop the flow of drugs into the United States.

Trump tweeted Friday that without a steel barrier or wall along the US-Mexico border, "our Country cannot be safe. Criminals, Gangs, Human Traffickers, Drugs & so much other big trouble can easily pour in. It can be stopped cold!"

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/12/us/drug-traffickers-el-chapo-trial-drugs-across-border/index.html

A lot more info in the article. Yeah, these aren't honorable people. They aren't good witnesses. But, the data backs it up. Meanwhile, with how the press is reporting on drug smuggling the popularity of the wall has increased tho repubs and trumps numbers are tanking.
If more sources than CNN report on this story it would help.