1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:03,800 Speaker 1: Dan Mitchinson US correspondence with s Hiden. Hey, hither, So 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 1: this New York judge has dismissed the trace passing cases, right, Why. 3 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 2: Well, it's kind of interesting because they said they just 4 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:14,320 Speaker 2: didn't have the evidence. I mean, there's fifteen people that 5 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:16,960 Speaker 2: still face charges, and so you asked, well, what kind 6 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 2: of evidence were they looking for? You kind of wonder 7 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:22,639 Speaker 2: about these were people who entered the building without permission, unlawfully, 8 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 2: they barricaded themselves inside. They were forcibly removed by policeness. 9 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 2: All has to do, of course, with the dozens that 10 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 2: were arrested at Columbia University's Hamilton Hall during the pro 11 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 2: Palestine protests about a month or so ago. So what 12 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 2: they're saying is that the District Attorney's office has declined 13 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:41,320 Speaker 2: to prosecute cases where they get a large number of 14 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:44,920 Speaker 2: people who were arrested as part of civil disobedience. So 15 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 2: the judge said, Okay, we're dismissing thirty of these cases. 16 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 2: These people have no criminal history, and I guess part 17 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:53,800 Speaker 2: of the reason is the prosecutors had just limited video evidence. 18 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:56,920 Speaker 2: They said the security cameras were covered by certain people 19 00:00:56,920 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 2: as soon as it started and prosecutors can identify everybody. 20 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 2: So that's kind of where the difficult part comes in. 21 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 1: Right, what's up with these Mexican ca tels? 22 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 2: You know this this There are tunnels, there are who 23 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 2: knows how many tunnels between Mexico and the United States, 24 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 2: but this is a tunnel that reaches from part of 25 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 2: Mexico into El Paso, Texas, where illegals are charged up 26 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:20,479 Speaker 2: to fifteen thousand dollars or more to come into the country. 27 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 2: And apparently now the cartels are offering what has been 28 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:28,759 Speaker 2: dubbed VIP packages. They have everything functions by codes these days. 29 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 2: The cartels give their VIP customers and they're delivered by 30 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 2: cell phones, so that identifies which cartel you can call 31 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 2: them a travel agency a migrant is working with. So 32 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 2: whether you're a local police officer or your rival criminal gang, 33 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 2: you know not to harass these people. And I guess 34 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 2: the way they get through is a lot more comfortable. 35 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 2: And experts say the return on investment on trafficking humans 36 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 2: has actually overtaken you know, drugs over here. They say 37 00:01:57,920 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 2: a quilo of cocaine might get you fifteen hundred dollars 38 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 2: a little more, a little less, but the risk is high. 39 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 2: The cost benefit of trafficking a person is anywhere from 40 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 2: ten to twelve maybe fifteen thousand dollars. So they're coming 41 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 2: from all over around the world. Some are even paying 42 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 2: seventy five thousand dollars from China to get into the US. 43 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:14,399 Speaker 1: Yeah, and the interesting thing about the people from China 44 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 1: is they're actually middle class, aren't they. It's not like 45 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 1: it's not people who you would consider necessarily be super desperate. 46 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 2: No, no, they're not. And these are people that have 47 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 2: to have that kind of money. I mean, the people 48 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:26,360 Speaker 2: that are coming up from the southern part of the 49 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 2: Mexico here, they just don't have that because you have 50 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:32,399 Speaker 2: to grease the palms of so many people. There's officers 51 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:34,920 Speaker 2: and border patrol and police and the people who transport them, 52 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 2: the cartels. So I mean, this is kind of what 53 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:39,519 Speaker 2: I look at as a perfect example of a trickle 54 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 2: down economy because it involves almost you know, a thousand 55 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 2: people a month at this one crossing, but you go 56 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:45,959 Speaker 2: through dozens of people to get there. Yeah. 57 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 1: Absolutely, what's happened with the cybertag. 58 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 2: They're still trying to figure this out. There's this company 59 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 2: that provides car dealerships across the US and at North 60 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:56,919 Speaker 2: in Canada with software and it manages sales and services 61 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 2: and they've been hacked. So that prompted the company need 62 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 2: to shut down most of its symptoms or systems rather 63 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 2: on Thursday, and this impacted about fifteen thousand dealerships for 64 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 2: making sales and big companies like General Motors. So they 65 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 2: thought they had a handle on it yesterday, happened again 66 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:17,639 Speaker 2: today and the companies are now saying this outage could 67 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 2: affect dealerships for days. So you're talking about a data 68 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 2: breach hack that could cost you know, dealerships around the 69 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 2: country here and not to mention exporting to other countries 70 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 2: hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars. And this is, 71 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 2: you know, something that we're seeing happen more and more 72 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 2: frequently over here. 73 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 1: Dan, thank you for running us through and joy your weekend. 74 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 1: It's Dan Mitchinson, now US correspondent. 75 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 2: For more from Hither Duplessyellen Drive, Listen live to news 76 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 2: talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow the 77 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 2: podcast on iHeartRadio.