European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday june 12, 1966 the stars and stripes Page 7 Southwest prepares for War on smuggling Elpaso Texas up senior Law enforcement officials from throughout the Southwest will meet in Elpaso Cit week to plan strategy far an All out War against the smuggling of drugs arms Anil illegal immigrants Federal officials said a total of 60 state and local Law enforcement agencies will be represented at the june 18 meeting marking the Start of what is being billed As the big Gest Campaign against smuggling Ever  along the  Bor Der officials said tuesday Francis Keating ii assistant Treasury Secretary for Law enforcement said the Campaign will involve the greatest num Ber of Law enforcement agents Ever to be amassed along the 2,000-mile Border Phil Jordan special agent of the dal Las office of the drug enforcement administration said president Reagan has been asked to establish a Southwest Border drug enforcement task Force similar to one established in Florida officials said Ilie Florida task Force has been so successful that drug Traffick ers arc now entering the United Stales 13 indicted As alien smugglers Elpaso Texas up . Border patrol officials said tuesday they have indic cd 13 suspected smugglers believed responsible far bringing 10,000 illegal Immi Grants from Central America into the United Sites. Acting Border patrol chief Gustavo de la Vinn said 10 of the 13 have been arrested the result of an undercover investigation that has been under Way for eight month and involves a cols from Iii paso and Dallas and Providence . De la Vina said the suspects brought people from Guatemala and other Central american nations to the Border via Mexico City and Monterrey and Juarez Mexico. He said each illegal immigrant paid is ,500 for passage to the United states. Do la Vina said the smuggling ring  brought in More than 10,000 undocumented workers since 1974. The a people indic cd were named by a Federal grand jury in furl Worth. Through Mexico and the drug traffic across the Border has been increasing at an alarming rate. State and local officials invited to the strategy meeting include police chiefs and sheriffs Federal officials said Keating said the initiatives under study by the Federal government include requiring All aircraft crossing the Border to file flight plans and to be equipped with devices allowing them to be tracked. Establishing dog teams to be used 10 track Down illegal immigrants and drugs. Increasing flights by radar equipped customs aircraft along the Bor Der. Introducing anti smuggling teams at . And mexican airports. Reagan says Aid to contras needed to Block growth of communist ally Washington a president Reagan told congressional leaders tuesday that aiding and arming nicaraguan rebels is necessary to Block the growth of a new communist state Allied with Cuba and the soviet Union. Reagan made inc Salem Cut in & letter accompanying a report he is required to make on efforts of he United states to bring about a negotiated settlement