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Friday, March 09, 2007

Build. The. Fence. Now.

From the Washington Times, U.S. border patrol agents are outgunned by Mexican drug gangs and the Mexican government shows little ability to rein them in. From the story:
"Last month, Mexican military officials in Matamoros, just south of Brownsville, Texas, stopped a tractor-trailer containing weapons and ammunition, along with a pickup truck fitted with armor and bulletproof glass.
"The weapons included 18 M-16 assault rifles, one equipped with an M-203 40mm grenade launcher. Also seized were several M-4 carbines, 17 handguns of various calibers, 200 magazines for different weapons, 8,000 rounds of ammunition, assault vests and other military accessories. "

M-16s? Those are fully automatic and at least $2,000 a pop - if you can find them. That's not the stuff used by a drug gang...it's stuff used by someone who's trying to build their own private army.
Build. The. Border. Fence. Now.

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