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Published March 01, 2010, 12:00 AM

Irrigation tubing


In this photo taken Wednesday Jan. 20, 2010, a section of irrigation tubing is seen at an abandoned marijuana growing site in the Sequioa National Forest near Fresno, Calif. With billions of dollars in drug profits on the line, Mexican traffickers are expanding their foothold in the domestic marijuana market taking over vast swaths of public lands.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Read the article: Drug gangs take over U.S. lands