1 counties success stopping the cartels drug smuggling and criminal activity The sheriff and his son were both threatened by the cartel.  They responded by putting up cameras all over the drug smuggling routes.  They have been so successful at arresting drug smugglers that the cartels no longer send drugs through that county.  Instead they send human traffickers and because ti is a federal offense they cant arrest those criminals.  Instead they have to call the overwhelmed border patrol.  Clearly the border patrol  has not been able to make as many arrests and the trafficking continues.  This is probably as much a laws prevent them problem as it is a not enough agents problem.   https://www.theepochtimes.com/tired-of-waiting-for-a-federal-fix-border-sheriff-tackles-cartel-crime-with-bold-action_2960628.html