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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€