71.   One disturbing segment shows faint satellite images of Mexican police officers as they are gunned down in an open field by Mexican soldiers protecting drug smugglers.

72.   One immigration inspector told GAO interviewers that he became involved with a drug smuggler because he had substantial credit card debt and was on the verge of bankruptcy.

73.   Palestinian officials initially denied the Israeli claims, saying the three officers were chasing suspected drug smugglers when they were arrested.

74.   Perot also asserted that the government fails to zealously pursue Mexican drug smugglers because it does not want to jeopardize trade deals with that country.

75.   Scott said Mexican drug smugglers are buying trucking companies to help them move cocaine and heroin into the United States.

76.   Several drug smugglers testified that they had made such payments directly to him.

77.   Some said that their commanders turned a blind eye to war profiteers and drug smugglers.

78.   Some were drug smugglers, most were migrants.

79.   So bold and so rich are the combatants and the drug smugglers they protect that their appetite for weapons extends far beyond small arms.

80.   Still, Nojeim said Customs needs to find better methods of detecting drug smugglers and terrorists.