Of course, many weapons also come in through unregulated border crossings such as those at Jalacte in the South and Botes in the north.
He told us that there is a plan, in initial stages to put a customs outpost in Jalacte:
Emil Grinage - Acting Comptroller of Customs
"There are plans for Jalacte and like I said the problem with our country is that we are seated two develop countries, Mexico and Guatemala and they have products that they could overwhelmed us with. Right now even at this time in September, it's easy to just cross across the river. It becomes at time a little bit difficult to man because of this - the geography of the place. But that's what happens when you have neighbors like that who are very developed. They will overwhelmed you."
Daniel Ortiz
"Can you expand anymore on what is the timeline and the actual structures that will be put in place at Jalacte? Are those plans that well developed?"
Emil Grinage - Acting Comptroller of Customs
"No, they are not that well developed. We are working on trying to see how we could staff the area and work with the other enforcement agencies and the agriculture agencies to man that area. These troubled areas, we are trying to expand our staff. We are really working on it, but you know it has to do with financial issues too. We are not a very rich country, so we have to move slowly and when we move, we move with precision."
Daniel Ortiz
"How do you all deal with the contraband? In areas that you know, like those two areas? How do you maintained that level of vigilance that?"
Emil Grinage
"We always have multi-agency teams going out there."
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