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US contractors are dropping heaps of taxpayer-funded border wall in Mexico where it's being sold as scrap metal
Inside ^ | 3 October 2020 | Haven Orecchio-Egresitz

Posted on 10/06/2020 7:13:43 AM PDT by Cronos

Contractors who are replacing the border wall in Arizona are dumping leftover debris in Mexico, where scrap metal dealers are profiting off the pieces, witnesses told local television stations KOB4 and CBS 5.

The witnesses — an ecologist who works in the desert region in Southern Arizona and people selling the metal online — told CBS 5 that the contractors are essentially giving away the old wall.

"There were DHS and Army Corps of Engineers officials, standing there watching their contractors with a bulldozer and front-end loaders push the scrap metal onto the Mexican side," Gary Nabhan, a desert ecologist, told the station. "And Mexican scrap metal scavengers were coming right up to the border."

..."All of that metal and concrete should have been carried away to Phoenix or Tucson where there's legal disposal sites or recycling centers – none of it should have been pushed into Mexico," Nabhan said.

.... The station reported that Southwest Valley Constructors is the company that won the contract to erect the border fence near Naco and appears to be the source of steel posts being collected in Sonoyta, Mexico, as well.

Customs and Border Protection is investigating, a spokesperson told CBS5.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Mexico
KEYWORDS: border
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21 posted on 10/06/2020 7:31:42 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: DCmarcher-976453

It would cost more to haul it than it’s worth.

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Prolly right, not financially viable to go to the trouble of piling up, loading, and transporting the scrap. If it was profitable they’d be doing it.


22 posted on 10/06/2020 7:33:45 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: ConservativeInPA

Contactors being environmentally responsible and recycling.

I thought the left would be pleased.

Yeah....right.


23 posted on 10/06/2020 7:35:13 AM PDT by seowulf
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To: Cronos

More than likely a loss for us.


24 posted on 10/06/2020 7:36:26 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: EEGator

Yep, the show must go on. And most of the “news” is a TV production paid for by advertisers who pay on the basis of ratings.


25 posted on 10/06/2020 7:37:12 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Cronos

Correct me if I am wrong but there has never been a wall so it can’t be replaced. I think this a fake story as usual again trying to blame President Trump.


26 posted on 10/06/2020 7:38:25 AM PDT by Rapunzel (Fallujah be damned ...S. Helvenston RIP)
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To: DCmarcher-976453
If the Mexicans will clean up and make 10$ a ton who cares?

I agree.

27 posted on 10/06/2020 7:38:54 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (Your tagline sucked, so it was deleted - Admin)
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To: seowulf

I thought the left would be pleased.

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The Left is never pleased.

It is perpetually angry.

Anger is the fuel the Left runs on.


28 posted on 10/06/2020 7:39:06 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: TangoLimaSierra

Ain’t capitalism great win win Mexicans make a living and our side has no cleanup costs!!{


29 posted on 10/06/2020 7:41:05 AM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Cronos

Progressive “watchdogs”...

Focus on the taxpayer money literally going up in smoke in Democrat run cities instead of corroded scrap metal.


30 posted on 10/06/2020 7:41:35 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. (Psalm 32:12))
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To: Cronos
Look at it this way. The Mexican scrap dealers are paying for the wall.

The old wall, sure, but another Trump promise kept.

31 posted on 10/06/2020 7:41:43 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (Your tagline sucked, so it was deleted - Admin)
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To: Cronos

Probably cheaper to let the Mexicans salvage the scrap than it is to haul it off. Especially now that we are not sending scrap to China.


32 posted on 10/06/2020 7:45:29 AM PDT by zek157
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To: Cronos

Sounds like a win-win, we don’t pay to have it all hauled away, mexicans make some money and re-use/re-cycle.


33 posted on 10/06/2020 7:47:23 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: Cronos

What would we do with crappy Chinese steel?


34 posted on 10/06/2020 7:49:10 AM PDT by McGavin999 (Kamala tosses out race cards as fast as a Las Vegas Blackjack dealer)
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To: Cronos

The Mexicans can use it to make ladders for scaling walls. /sarc


35 posted on 10/06/2020 7:52:48 AM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.for corruptiion)
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To: TangoLimaSierra

Well phrased.


36 posted on 10/06/2020 7:53:21 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE ( I can only donate monthly, but the radical ABCNNBCBS does it every hour on their news.)
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To: DCmarcher-976453

My first thought as well.

Big Media propaganda hit piece against Our Wall.


37 posted on 10/06/2020 7:53:53 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: Cronos

Sounds rather sensible. It’s probably more trouble than it’s worth on the U.S. side, and it’s precious metal on the Mexican side.


38 posted on 10/06/2020 7:54:19 AM PDT by Blurb2350
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To: ConservativeInPA

I just hauled a bunch of scrap steel. 800# of it netted me a grand total of $38.

If the trash company would have taken it, I’d have just tossed it in the bin over time.

That said, if you had a large, completely homogeneous load, which tends to pay a small premium, you might eek out a bit of profit with an efficient operation.

At least it’s not at the level of tires yet, which we have to pay to get rid of.


39 posted on 10/06/2020 7:55:57 AM PDT by chrisser
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To: Cronos

It’s probably worth the time for the scrappers on the Mexican side, but not for the contractors building the wall.


40 posted on 10/06/2020 7:56:18 AM PDT by robel
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