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However, the increase in drug trafficking to the United States has traversed their lands.The economic success of the Mennonites has attracted unwanted attention from the drug cartels, leading to extortion, robbery and sometimes kidnapping. Whether to save themselves from further harassment or to cash in on the lucrative trade, some Mennonites have been caught smuggling cocaine from Mexico to Canada, where it can be sold for twice the amount as in the United States.