Mexican thieves try to steal border fence

Thu, 08/27/2009 - 9:34am

I must say, this is pretty ballsy:

Police in the Mexican border city of Tijuana say they have arrested six men for stealing pieces of the U.S. border fence to sell as scrap metal. [...]

The first two men caught cutting into the fence on Monday. An alleged accomplice was detained Tuesday with 11 pieces of fencing. The U.S. Border Patrol alerted police to three more suspects.

Police said Wednesday in a statement that the men may face federal charges because the fence area is considered federal property.

There really wasn't a less guarded fence in all of Tijuana?

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Guarded?

by Don Bacon on Thu, 08/27/2009 - 10:40am

Look at who's guarding the fence.

news report May 9, 2008: An Air National Guardsman assigned to protect America’s border with Mexico has been charged with selling off parts of the border’s fence.

Master Sgt. Robert J. Kelley, 48, of the Wyoming Air National Guard’s 153rd Civil Engineer Squadron, was arrested Wednesday in Phoenix on suspicion of stealing metal from the border fence and selling it, U.S. Attorney’s Office spokeswoman Sandy Raynor said. Kelley was charged with theft of government property, Raynor said.

The guardsman is accused of driving the metal from the border near Sonoita to Tucson in a government-owned dump truck while wearing his National Guard uniform, Raynor said.

She said he sold at least five loads of metal for more than $8,000, which he later spent on a pistol, a garage door opener, cowboy boots and tools.