Mexican Police Arrest 6 Men for Stealing Pieces of Border Fence

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WRSP-TV (Springfield, Illinois), August 27, 2009

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.

Holes in the border fence once were more commonly made by migrant smugglers, but fewer people are trying to cross because of a weak U.S. economy and a crackdown on immigration.

The Tijuana police department says the suspects intended to sell the steel sheeting as scrap.

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(Posted on August 27, 2009)

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Comments

1 — Harvey wrote at 1:37 AM on August 28:

Just read this post to a friend I was talking with over Skype. We both feel out.

I then remarked “Why did this get reported on WRSP-TV in Springfield, Illinois? Its not like they’re close to the border”. (I am in Texas). He said it was because all of the major networks were passing on this story. This story has gone down the wire. They didn’t want to report it. Mike worked in the TV broadcast industry for 15 years. When he said that, I knew he was right.

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