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In a brazen demonstration of who controls the border, Mexican smugglers set up a make-shift ramp to drive a car over the southern border of the US in Arizona, DailyMail.com can reveal.
A startling photo shared by the union that represents Border Patrol agents shows two metal structures right up against a fence on the border.
'That's the international boundary on the Tohono O'odham reservation,' posted union vice president Art Del Cueto.
'Those extra things you see are ramps that the smugglers utilize to drive a car over the boundary and into the United States.
The fact that cartels can easily defeat the border fence in this part of the border is due to the Tohono O'odham Nation's refusal to allow a border wall on tribal land.
Mexican smuggling cartels set up a ramp to get vehicles over the US-Mexico border near the Tohono O'odham reservation in Arizona
The US border wall ends where the reservation begins
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The Native American nation is on record opposing the 30-foot high, steel wall that US officials say is a crucial layer in helping to stem the flow of migrants.
'Long before there was a border, tribal members traveled back and forth to visit family, participate in cultural and religious events, and many other practices,' the independent nation's website reads.
'For these reasons and many others, the Nation has opposed fortified walls on the border for many years.'
The tribe sits on 62 miles of US-Mexican border in two countries.
'The Gadsden Purchase of 1853 divided the Tohono O’odham’s traditional lands and separated their communities,' the nation explains online.
'The Nation is a federally recognized tribe of 34,000 members, including more than 2,000 residing in Mexico.'
As a result, the 62 miles of border owned by the tribe have fencing that is
