Thread: Section of border fence collapses near Algodones

July 25, 2012 9:38 PM
Yuma Sun

The U.S. Border Patrol has boosted surveillance in the area of Los Algodones, Baja Calif., until it can replace a 114-foot section of border fencing that collapsed during earth-moving work on the Mexican side.

The excavation work undermined the 18-foot-tall section of steel fencing about 8 p.m. Tuesday, causing it to collapse onto some of the earth-moving equipment used in the project, said Agent Spencer Tippets of the Border Patrol's Yuma Sector Public Affairs Office.

The section, located about a quarter-mile west of the U.S. Port of Entry in Andrade, Calif., is part of the network of fencing that stretches along the border throughout the sector to prevent illegal immigrants and drug smugglers from entering the country.

An investigation into the collapse is continuing, but Tippets said the Border Patrol so far has no reason to believe dirt was being moved as part of efforts to dig an underground smuggling tunnel such as those discovered in San Luis, Ariz., and elsewhere along the border.

“We have no idea what they were doing, or why they were excavating in that area,” Tippets said.

The fence, located about 13 feet inside U.S. territory, is made of heavy steel and is reinforced by footings buried underground, he said.

Police and municipal officials in neighboring Los Algodones did not respond to calls seeking information.

There were no injuries in the collapse of the fence, Tippets said.

Once it finishes its investigation, Tippets said, the Border Patrol will determine how to go about replacing the fallen section of the fence, which workers can repair without crossing to the Mexican side of the border.

In the meantime, he added, the patrol has beefed up security measures in the area to prevent illegal border crossings through the gap.

The added measures, he said, “will remain until the repairs are completed.”

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The fence, located about 13 feet inside U.S. territory, is made of heavy steel and is reinforced by footings buried underground, he said.

13 feet INSIDE OUR territory? Why in the heck were Mexicans allowed to use earth moving equipment INSIDE our territory in the first place? That is an out and out invasion!

Originally Posted by nomas

13 feet INSIDE OUR territory? Why in the heck were Mexicans allowed to use earth moving equipment INSIDE our territory in the first place? That is an out and out invasion!

Yes, it is invasive, but lawyers likely would argue that now with a fence built that the 13 feet referenced had been ceded to Mexico. However in combination with all other should be called invasions over the past 20 years, response to invasion as many responses to such behavior historically by a neighboring nation presents an 800# gorilla on our side of the fence/border. A gorilla that NO politician has talked about in these twenty years of doing nothing. Millions of would/could be combatants already have been allowed to congregate ON OUR side of the border. As I see it, short of deportation of masses of aliens done quietly as possible, traditional response to invasion cannot be done without endangerig humdreds of thousands of Americans. All caused by not enforcing immigeation law in 1986. This is why all in Washington needs to go, replaced by others wlling to talk about and do something about past errors in judgement.

Meanwhile, Americans die and are raped by aliens daily, same as they would in a traditional response to being invaded. What price soverignty? Are we willing to pay similarly for it as our founding fathers did?