"Cartels' Social Media Recruitment: The 'Uber' of Drug and Human Smuggling in Arizona"

Cartels are using social media platforms like TikTok to recruit American teens for drug and human smuggling operations in Cochise County, Arizona. Law enforcement officers are engaged in dangerous high-speed pursuits as they chase criminals, often resulting in violent crashes and injuries. The influx of migrants crossing the southern border illegally has strained local resources, prompting calls for federal action. The county has implemented stringent felony human smuggling legislation, but the majority of those arrested are American citizens who were lured into the illegal trade by cartels through social media promises of financial rewards.