Much to John Ladd's frustration, the two industries intersect on his ranch, which is sandwiched between the U.S.-Mexico border and highway 92, a convenient smuggling pick-up road. Ladd's ranch shares 10.5 miles of border with Mexico and in mid-2019 had an average of 12 illegal aliens traversing his land daily, with Border Patrol catching about half.
Dannels's border team has placed hundreds of trail cameras throughout the county since 2017 to detect illegal aliens, traffickers, and smugglers.
Four years ago, the sheriff's border team, called SABRE, rid Ladd's ranch of drug smugglers, which was the biggest problem at the time.
Currently, Dannels's cameras are detecting about 6,000 illegal aliens per month in the county, while Border Patrol is detecting an additional 10,000.
Detective Jake Kartchner, who is part of the sheriff's border team run by Sgt. Tim Williams, said each illegal alien must pay the Sinaloa cartel between $7,000 to $9,000 on average to get across the border.
In fiscal year 2021, border agents apprehended more than 190,000 illegal aliens in the sector, compared to 66,000 the year before.
Although he's not looking to sell, Ladd said the border has halved the value of his ranch since it was placed into a family trust in 1983.
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