Thread: Illegal entrants using torches and bungee cords on fence

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Feds: Illegal entrants using torches and bungee cords on border fence



Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Victor Guzman points to an apparent cut mark on the border fence west of Columbus, New Mexico, port of entry on Wednesday. Guzman, who has worked in the area for nearly a decade, said agents have found holes cut with acetylene torches, hacksaws, and even plasma torches.
AP Photo/Alicia Caldwell

Published: 04.11.2008

Feds: Illegal entrants using torches and bungee cords on border fence
By Alcicia Caldwell
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

COLUMBUS, N.M. — Illegal immigrants armed with torches, hacksaws, ladders and even bungee cords are making it around a section of the border fence hailed as the most efficient way to stop them.

In the 10 months since the section was put up, the only method federal agents haven’t seen is a tunnel — “Yet,â€

The group tried to drop into the U.S. with bungee cords before agents caught them

Maybe they should have used Mexican jumping beans.

But it’s not just illegal immigrants worrying the Border Patrol. The fence itself is starting to settle into the ground and gaps between the posts are widening. In one spot, an average sized woman could wedge herself through one of the gaps.

Border Patrol spokesman Joe Romero said the Columbus fencing, built in June,

The fence was built less than a year ago and is starting to settle into the ground causing gaps?
Go after the contractor.

[quote]Guzman, who has worked in the area for nearly a decade, said agents have found holes cut with acetylene torches, hacksaws and even plasma torches — a high-powered tool that uses inert gas or condensed air to quickly cut through steel and other dense metals.

“We see it once or twice a week,â€

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