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On The U.S.-Mexico Border, Looking Out For Lookouts

A Border Patrol mountain scout interdiction agent looks out from a hilltop in the West Desert in Arizona. (Michel Marizco/Fronteras)
A Border Patrol mountain scout interdiction agent looks out from a hilltop in the West Desert in Arizona. (Michel Marizco/Fronteras)

Most of the talk about border security this election season has centered on Donald Trump’s proposal to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico. But the U.S. has a different kind of security effort underway: targeting drug cartel lookouts within U.S. borders.

Michel Marizco of Here & Now contributor KJZZ and the Fronteras Desk reports on an operation designed to find these lookouts before they spot U.S. Border Patrol agents.

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Michel Manzco, senior editor, Fronteras desk, KJZZ public radio. He tweets @BorderReporter.

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