Another one of the vastly under-reported side effects of a largely unprotected border with Mexico is the increasingly frequent appearance of so-called ‘rape trees.’
As the drug cartels have taken over the human smuggling business, the illegal journey into the United States has become even more dangerous.
When human smugglers bring those crossing illegally into the U.S., more often than not, there is a kind of 'final payment' demanded of female crossers. In short, the women are raped by the coyotes (smugglers) before they can make their way into the interior of this country.
After the woman is raped, the smuggler then forces his victim to hang her panties or bra from the branches of a nearby tree.
These sickening road signs along the illegal alien highway are meant to serve as a reminder to all of those who travel these dangerous routes of just exactly who controls the border…the cartels.
In recent years, Arizona’s Pinal and Cochise Counties have seen an expanding number of these barbaric symbols dotting the once pristine landscape.
On March 1, 2006, Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever told a Senate subcommittee: “Smuggling routes are often marked with 'rape trees'—women’s under garments hung on tree limbs where a raped occurred, warning everyone of the failure to cooperate with the coyotes who prey on them.”
Watch the troubling video at left to see the human tragedies caused by those taking advantage of an unprotected border…
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