Some Drug Smugglers Now Sent to Mexico for Prosecution
In a policy shift, some drug smugglers caught along the U.S.-Mexico border are being sent back to Mexico for prosecution. "The reasons vary, but U.S. federal prosecutors in the Southwest have often rejected cases involving relatively small amounts of drugs, usually less than 500 pounds of marijuana, because of the large volume of those cases and limited resources to handle them," the San Diego Union Tribune reports.