MeAllen and Laredohave long borne the burden of one of the heavlebt criminal dockets in the country. and the processing of criminal cases Involves special pressures. including those generated by the Speedy Trial Act." he wrote. On a recent typical day. Kazen said. he sentenced six people on drug charges and listened to an Immigration case. His cases tend to Involve marijuana more often than cocaine. he said. "The border is a transshipment area." he said. "The fact Is. a huge amount of contraband somehow crosses the TexasMexican border. people walking through where the river is low. and there are hundreds and hundreds of miles of unpatrolled ranchland. "In some cases." Kazen ontinued. "were seeing a difference in the kind of defendant. Were almost never seeing the big shotswere seeing the soldiers.
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