gitana1
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With all due respect, you are completely wrong about the cartels not being involved with illegal immigration and human smuggling on the border. I lived right on the border from 9 years of age until 18...had lots of people I knew jump over to work in the US...then went home at night. For the last 20 years I've lived an hour from the border, and over the last decade or so the drug cartels absolutely took over the immigrant trails...that is the biggest reason things have gotten so crazy bad along the Arizona border....and beyond. The cartels are not in the kid smuggling business per se, but believe me when I say there are a lot of children being caught up in this mess by accompanying their parents sneaking up into the US.
I know! I'm sorry, I omitted that one - the most important one! But I caught it and correct it in a later post. But, I didn't say they weren't involved in illegal immigration. I was specifically talking about trafficking for sex trade or slavery purposes. Why else would they want Isabel?
In any event, my point is that Mexican cartels, drug cartels really aren't involved in kidnapping random children from homes in the U.S. There is only one case I know of and that involved drugs and retribution. This family just does not strike me as the type to be involved in that.
And of course, Isabel is not a troubled teen trying to get away from home and being caught up in prostitution, nor do border traffickers smuggle kids OUT of the U.S.. The smuggle them IN.
I really think this is either someone who stalked her or knew her. Nevertheless, I'm glad we are discussing all the potential theories. Ya' never know what might crack the case.