Drug smugglers are a stubborn bunch.
When security is tight, smugglers find another way into the country.
The Associated Press reports that drug traffickers are increasingly using boats to reach the U.S.
They take the Pacific Ocean from Mexico and South America to California.
Smugglers likely are finding the task easier too because the Coast Guard – the only U.S. military service capable of making arrests so far offshore – lost a quarter of its operating costs last year.
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