Thread: Private security company to search border-crossers vehicles

Precarious situation at border: Private security company to search border-crossers vehicles for hire

Photos Special to the Times
Posted: 07/17/2011 09:18:37 AM MDT

A security company employee and a drug-sniffing dog check maquiladora tractor-trailers on the Mexican side of the border. Tourists and regular border commuters have approached the company to check their vehicles for possible drugs before they enter the U.S. Motorists don't want to undergo the ordeal of Ana Isela MartÃ*nez of Juárez, a teacher at an El Paso private school who spent a month and a half in prison after drug smugglers planted two bags of marijuana in her car.

In January, El Paso resident Dr. Justus Opot and co-worker Marisol Perez were also detained in Juárez after drugs that didn't belong to them were found in Perez's vehicle. All have been released from custody.

http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_18493793

I always wondered why Brewer didn't just hire - say Blackwater as a private security company for the border to supplement the the border sheriffs...

Originally Posted by Newmexican

I always wondered why Brewer didn't just hire - say Blackwater as a private security company for the border to supplement the the border sheriffs...

This is on the Mexican side of the border, before they approach the U.S. inspection.

A security company employee and a drug-sniffing dog check maquiladora tractor-trailers on the Mexican side of the border.

And Arizona, where Brewer has authority is on the US side. Just a passing thought...