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Nogales Border Fence Replacement Project Begins

by on Apr. 12, 2011, under border issues, border patrol, border patrol tucson sector, politics

US Customs and Border Protection Press Release April 12, 2011:

Nogales Border Fence Replacement Project Begins
2.8 miles of fence to be upgraded

TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is replacing 2.8 miles of outdated primary pedestrian fence along the U.S-Mexico border adjacent to the City of Nogales, Ariz. The “landing mat” panel fencing will be replaced with a new 18-foot bollard fence design. The new fence will increase deterrence by raising the overall height and providing a deeper, more robust below-ground foundation — making it significantly more difficult to breach.

The fence replacement project is part of the Department of Homeland Security’s ongoing efforts to strengthen the security of the Southwest Border in Arizona.

That’s always been a  joke along the border …the feds build a 20 foot fence and the Mexicans buy a 21 foot ladder.
 
A friend of mine was in Sasabe Sonora recently and they have a place set up down there where people practice throwing ladders and ropes over a mock fence.
One advantage of the “bollard” type fence is Border Patrol agents can see the people on the other side of the fence ready to throw rocks at them. The landing mat fence (besides being spectacularly ugly) allowed the rock throwers to be able to bombard the BP agents without being seen. 

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  • Lz
    April 13th, 2011 on 10:32 am

    The East Germans build a better fence I think.  Before the wall 3.5 million East Germans circumvented Eastern Bloc emigration restrictions 5000 after the 125 miles of wall. The top of the wall was lined with a smooth pipe, intended to make it more difficult to scale. It was reinforced by mesh fencing, signal fencing, anti-vehicle trenches, barbed wire, dogs on long lines, “beds of nails” under balconies hanging over the “death strip”, over 116 watchtowers, and 20 bunkers. The Wall evolved through four versions from 1961 to 1989.
     

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