Hundreds of human trails weave through the desolate scrub near the Arizona-Mexico border. Marvin Eleando, a 50-year-old Native American tracker for the U.S. Customs Service, barely glances at a snaking line of boot prints. Then, with a grin, he squats down to point at a barely visible glint in the sand: carpet fibers. Drug smugglers have tried to cover their tracks by wrapping their shoes in shag. So common is the technique that Customs officers have a name for these folks: "carpet people."
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