The mayor of an Arizona town urged lawmakers to address Mexican cartels’ use of social media

The mayor of an Arizona town urged lawmakers to address Mexican cartels’ use of social medi, recounting several dangerous — and at times fatal — high-speed border pursuits.

Sierra Vista Mayor Clea McCaa II was one of four witnesses to speak Wednesday at a Senate Homeland Security Governmental Operations and Border Management Subcommittee hearing.

Each day, four to five vehicle pursuits involving young people hired by one of the cartels to transport unauthorized migrants north. Those drivers, whose vehicles are referred to as “load cars,” are often young people recruited online, McCaa said.

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