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Smugglers in Mexico are SAWING through sections of Trump's 'virtually impenetrable' border wall (tr)
dailymail.co.uk ^ | November 2, 2019 | LAUREN EDMONDS

Posted on 11/02/2019 12:32:53 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

Smuggling gangs in Mexico have continuously sawed through President Trump’s controversial border wall using every day power tools, according the U.S. agents and officials with knowledge of the incidents.

The security breaches, made with a popular cordless reciprocating saw that can sell for less than $100, has been used to open gaps large enough for people and drug loads to filter through.

When fitted with 'specialized' blades, the tool can break through one of the wall's steel and concrete bollards in just minutes.

The Washington Post reports that after slicing through a bollard, smugglers will push the steel out of the way, allowing an adult to fit through the opened space.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: Berlin_Freeper

There is no such thing as an impenetrable wall. You can scale it with the right ladders or dig under it. Best thing to do is to go after and fine the living hell out of the American employers with threats of property confiscation and jail time. You will never stop this until the employers face severe consequences. Also no voting or welfare period. Treat them as lepers.


141 posted on 11/02/2019 2:49:10 PM PDT by Bommer (2020 - Vote all incumbent congressmen and senators out! VOTE THE BUMS OUT!!!)
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To: Bommer

I was assured by some here that we MUST have a wall because future Democrats would not police the border.
But guess what, democrats in power could cut patrols while the Mexicans cut “the wall”.
So your idea is probably the best.


142 posted on 11/02/2019 2:55:18 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: kaehurowing

Snipers would help too. Step though the wall and meet a .50 cal BMG. It works in the middle east. It will work on the border too.


143 posted on 11/02/2019 3:01:31 PM PDT by Dutch Boy
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I used to shoot prairie dogs and leave their bodies to rot at the holes they came out from. When enough holes had been blocked they went away.


144 posted on 11/02/2019 3:08:08 PM PDT by Entropy Squared (The Rush to Chaos)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Ok let move on with step 2 of this.

This is not “Trumps Wall” this is the wall the GOPE stooges, along with the Democrat Fascists, in the US House imposed on Trump. This is the “compromise” wall the Democrat Fascists insisted on in place of the wall Trump actually wanted built.


145 posted on 11/02/2019 3:11:13 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (They would have to abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
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To: CJinVA
"This is Fake News. Sawing through concrete with a reciprocating saw is bull. Getting through this wall in minutes is a lie. Maybe a gas powered abrasive saw. But not in minutes and without water."

Agreed. The piece is a lie. I've used reciprocating saws, circular concrete saws and just about every kind of saw. Those bollards would be time consuming to cut through, and battery powered tools would be the worst. There are ways, but getting through that fence wouldn't be fast work without some particular demo ordnance or heavy equipment with expensive modifications.

The wall is only one of several kinds of security measures that allow time for the Border Patrol to do its work, and all of those security installations and training need to be done before assessing the efficacy of border security.

146 posted on 11/02/2019 3:30:07 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: cloudmountain
"Apparently Americans NEED drugs to feel good...maybe even to feel."

Some of the more popular drugs permanently damage GABA receptors--especially a few drugs that a few psychologists want legalized (MDMA, benzos, etc.). People who begin to abuse drugs are unaware that they'll soon be feeling long term or permanent swings between anxiety and depression and won't feel good any more. The product of such drugs is the commonly known drug zombie, who continues his decline while fallaciously advocating what is making him miserable and killing him.

147 posted on 11/02/2019 3:46:08 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: cloudmountain

Electrify the fence but to sooth the greenies, use solar and wind power to generate the charge. ;^/


148 posted on 11/02/2019 3:51:10 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Alligator and piranha-filled moat around electrified fence.


149 posted on 11/02/2019 3:53:14 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Berlin_Freeper

How about a Predator UAV unmanned aircraft firing Hellfire missiles to discourage that.


150 posted on 11/02/2019 4:24:52 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Shoot them!!!


151 posted on 11/02/2019 4:40:57 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: kaehurowing

You can’t.


152 posted on 11/02/2019 4:53:08 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: Yardstick

Don’t get me wrong-if someone is determined enough, strong enough and weak-minded enough (like removing grout on tile manually-you need a weak mind and a strong back) it can be done.

If someone goes out in the desert with a truck with a generator/gas powered device and wants to use something like that it can be done.

But as people who think about it can see, it is harder than just walking across an imaginary line in the sand.


153 posted on 11/02/2019 5:26:47 PM PDT by rlmorel (Trump to China: This Capitalist Will Not Sell You the Rope with Which You Will Hang Us.)
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To: Yardstick

I expect if they implant various solar powered detectors on the US side that transmit, and are shielded from someone with a gun taking it out from the Mexican side, and they detect noise and vibration, even something like that would do it.


154 posted on 11/02/2019 5:28:24 PM PDT by rlmorel (Trump to China: This Capitalist Will Not Sell You the Rope with Which You Will Hang Us.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Of course its possible, they could just use shaped demolition charges as well. A big enough hydraulic ram would do it as well.
Its going to happen more often now as the smugglers get starved and become desperate.


155 posted on 11/02/2019 5:45:15 PM PDT by Daniel Ramsey (Thank YOU President Trump, finally we can do what America does best, to be the best)
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To: Jeff Chandler; Steve Van Doorn

Thank you both.

This works so easy (I knew it would) and will help me a lot.


156 posted on 11/02/2019 6:32:20 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: A Formerly Proud Canadian
Electrify the fence but to sooth the greenies, use solar and wind power to generate the charge. ;^/

Lol. I like it.
You've covered all the bases.

157 posted on 11/02/2019 7:27:03 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: familyop
Some of the more popular drugs permanently damage GABA receptors--especially a few drugs that a few psychologists want legalized (MDMA, benzos, etc.). People who begin to abuse drugs are unaware that they'll soon be feeling long term or permanent swings between anxiety and depression and won't feel good any more. The product of such drugs is the commonly known drug zombie, who continues his decline while fallaciously advocating what is making him miserable and killing him.

You would THINK that in this day and age people would be more perpicacaious.
Thank you for your insight.

158 posted on 11/02/2019 7:29:56 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: rlmorel

They did an engineering study that showed a battery powered sawzall with the right blade would cut through it in 15 to 20 minutes, or half that time if two saws are used at once. The result is an opening that a single adult can pass through. But like you say, that is a HUGE improvement over an imaginary line or a rickety fence. There are any number of sensors that could easily detect a saw working on a metal structure. I have no doubt that even those few minutes of lead time makes catching them *far* more likely, which in itself is a deterrent.


159 posted on 11/02/2019 7:35:29 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: cloudmountain

shoot

shovel

shut up


160 posted on 11/03/2019 4:24:39 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Pledge: "...and to the Democracy for which it stands..." I give up. Use the democRat meme...)
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