Share Tweet PINAL COUNTY, Ariz. - As the Biden administration continues to weaken border security measures from Washington D.C., Mexican cartels are taking full advantage by reactivating smuggling routes in Arizona and using human beings as a lucrative commodity. In Pinal County near the town of Stanfield, which is 70 miles north of the U.S. southern border with Mexico, piles of trash and clothing left behind by smugglers can be found just steps away from working farms. Smugglers and the people they bring illegally into the U.S. wear multiple layers of clothing, with the top layer being some kind of camouflage. Once they get through the Tohono O’odham Nation, where border security is severely lacking, smugglers reach a drop point. There, they instruct those they’ve brought into the country illegally to leave the top layer of their clothing -- revealing civilian clothing that makes it easier to blend into normal society -- and any trash they still have with them. This includes hats, backpacks, pants, jackets, belts, shirts and “carpet shoes,” which are worn over regular shoes and don’t leave trackable footprints. They also drop black water bottles, which they specifically use to evade detection because they do not reflect the sun.