{"id":240472,"date":"2018-09-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/beware-of-juvenile-drug-smuggling-recruiting-efforts\/"},"modified":"2018-09-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T07:00:00","slug":"beware-of-juvenile-drug-smuggling-recruiting-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/beware-of-juvenile-drug-smuggling-recruiting-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware of juvenile drug smuggling recruiting efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Por el Fiscal de Distrito | verano stephan<\/p>\n<p>Como su fiscal de distrito, me comprometo a aumentar la comunicaci\u00f3n y la accesibilidad entre la oficina del fiscal de distrito y ustedes, la comunidad. Una forma en que lo he estado haciendo es a trav\u00e9s de esta columna mensual, donde brindo consejos para el consumidor sobre asuntos de seguridad p\u00fablica.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Every day, students on school campuses are approached by a peer with a hard-to-resist offer: \u201cYou wanna make $400 bucks?\u201d It\u2019s a tempting proposition, because who doesn\u2019t want to make an easy $400? The problem is, that it\u2019s not easy money; it\u2019s an illegal and dangerous underworld of getting minors to smuggle drugs across the U.S.-Mexico border. Teenagers are being coaxed into strapping up to five pounds of heroin, meth or other drugs onto their bodies and walking or driving into the U.S. from Mexico. Often the heroin is laced with fentanyl or carfentanil \u2014 both so deadly it only takes a miniscule amount to kill a user.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15417\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15417\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15417 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sandiegodowntownnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DA-Stephan-Photo-4.jpg\" alt=\"Beware of juvenile drug smuggling recruiting efforts\" width=\"300\" height=\"382\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/382;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15417\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Summer Stephan, fiscal de distrito del condado de San Diego <em>(Foto cortes\u00eda)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Recruiters use all sorts of tactics to entice teens into agreeing to smuggle drugs. Here are some of the lies they tell:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nothing will happen to you.<\/li>\n<li>Even if you\u2019re caught, because you\u2019re a minor there are no legal consequences.<\/li>\n<li>You won\u2019t go to jail.<\/li>\n<li>You\u2019ll have money, friends, status, popularity and fancy clothes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Even though the juvenile justice system is based on rehabilitation and not penalties, smuggling drugs across the border \u2014 especially in large quantities \u2014 is a serious crime. Here are some of the consequences for minors who are caught:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Juvenile Hall and probation .<\/li>\n<li>The drugs you smuggle can kill you or someone else.<\/li>\n<li>You can lose U.S. citizenship or your SENTRI card.<\/li>\n<li>Your driving privileges can be revoked.<\/li>\n<li>Inability to secure government employment, join the military or law enforcement.<\/li>\n<li>Inability to secure employment requiring a license such as an attorney, health care or child care professional<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Those of us in law enforcement want anyone who has agreed to smuggle drugs to know that it\u2019s not too late to change your mind or ask for help. Ways to do that include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Seeking help at the Port of Entry.<\/li>\n<li>Asking to go to secondary inspection at the Port of Entry.<\/li>\n<li>Calling 911 if you are in immediate danger.<\/li>\n<li>Tell a school counselor or other adult who can help you get assistance.<\/li>\n<li>You can also anonymously report tips to 888-580-8477.<\/li>\n<li>Para m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n visite <a href=\"http:\/\/studentsspeakingout.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">studentsspeakingout.org<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is a misconception that drug recruiters are older, hardened looking criminals. Today\u2019s recruiter is often as young as your own teen and can look as innocent as anyone. Talking with your children and loved ones about the danger and consequences of smuggling drugs into the U.S. will prepare them to reject a drug-smuggling proposal if they get one. Criminals look for the easiest target, so don&#8217;t make it easy on them.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Fiscal de distrito Summer Stephan ha dedicado m\u00e1s de 28 a\u00f1os a servir a la justicia ya las v\u00edctimas del delito como fiscal. Es l\u00edder nacional en la lucha contra los delitos sexuales y la trata de personas y en la creaci\u00f3n de soluciones de justicia penal inteligentes y justas y pr\u00e1cticas de justicia restaurativa que tratan las causas subyacentes de la adicci\u00f3n y las enfermedades mentales y que evitan que los j\u00f3venes sean encarcelados.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By District Attorney |\u00a0Summer Stephan As your District Attorney, I\u2019m committed to increasing communication and accessibility between the DA\u2019s Office and you, the community. One way I have been doing that is through this monthly column, where I provide consumer tips on public safety matters.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":905,"featured_media":230807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Beware of juvenile drug smuggling recruiting efforts","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11547,11552,11600],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-opinion","category-sdnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/905"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}