The Mexican Army is busy protecting their human and drug smuggling interests in the area from competition.
And the pigeons. They're doing a great job of keeping an eye on the pigeon population.
A Mexican soldier watches a pigeon in the border city of Ciudad Juarez April 10, 2008. Hundreds of camouflage-clad Mexican troops patrolled in Ciudad Juarez to quell a surge in drug gang murders across the border from El Paso, Texas.
REUTERS/Henry Romero (MEXICO)
Mexican soldiers stand guard on a street in the border city of Ciudad Juarez April 10, 2008. Hundreds of camouflage-clad Mexican troops patrolled in Ciudad Juarez to quell a surge in drug gang murders across the border from El Paso, Texas.
REUTERS/Henry Romero (MEXICO)