Report: Trump Considering Using Seized Drug Cartel Money To Pay For Border Wall
“It would be sweet justice to use their illegal profits and property for something good.”
Steve Watson
Prison Planet.com
September 2, 2016
A report published Thursday evening suggests that the Trump campaign is considering floating a proposal to use money seized from Mexican drug cartels and people traffickers to pay for the planned border wall.
LifeZette, the conservative website owned by pundit and radio host Laura Ingraham, says that sources within Trump’s team are mulling over the idea in light of the increased scrutiny over how such a wall would be funded.
“A senior Trump policy adviser stressed the proposal was just one of several funding options being discussed and said the idea was not raised during Trump’s meeting with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto.” the report notes.
“Sources close to both the Mexican government and the Trump campaign have confirmed that this proposal exists.” the piece adds.
It is thought that the idea will enable both the US and Mexican governments to politically get behind the idea of securing the border.
“The plan could involve the creation of a ‘joint border security fund,’ where assets seized by law enforcement in both nations are deposited, then deployed for construction and maintenance of the border structure to the benefit of both Mexico and the United States.” the report also notes.
The amount of money seized from the illicit drug trade last year exceeded $8.7 billion, according to an annual Justice Department’s audit. That amount also does not include any money seized from cartels by the Mexican government.
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