1.   But some have wondered whether the new procedure, under which Customs officials would concentrate on people found to have suspicious backgrounds, might attract more smugglers to Miami.

2.   The shooting occurred at dusk, several miles from the Rio Grande and near the border town of Redford, in a rugged border corridor that attracts smugglers.

3.   A civil war and a shattered economy have fostered an atmosphere of lawlessness that attracts smugglers, they said.

4.   They say a continuing civil war and a shattered economy contribute to an atmosphere of lawlessness that is attracting smugglers of all types.

5.   Police also said journalists had tried to attract smugglers in order to penetrate their networks.