Eagle Ford roads open up trafficking lanes

Remote: roads used to transport equipment to Eagle Ford well sites also being used to traffic contraband

Roads built by energy companies looking to exploit the massive Eagle Ford Shale in Texas are providing new avenues for smugglers carrying drugs, guns and other illegal items from Mexico into the US, a report claims.

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