Marines building fence along border near Naco

The Arizona Republic ^ | Aug. 31, 2003 12:00 AM | Associated Press

[Travis Bickel/Marine Inspector]

TUCSON - A Marine unit is building a fence nearly a half-mile long to keep people from crossing an area of the U.S.-Mexico border near Naco.

The 12-foot-high fence will be made of steel posts placed about 8 inches apart in a zigzag pattern, said Armando Carrasco, a spokesman for the Defense Department's Joint Task Force 6, based at Fort Bliss, Texas.

[ConservativeMan55]

Bump!

[TomGuy]

WOW, a whole half-mile long fence. That'll keep'em out for sure!

[snicker]

[ConservativeMan55]

LOL! Hey its a start!

[ConservativeMan55]

Ping

[adam_az]

The 12-foot-high fence will be made of steel posts placed about 8 inches apart in a zigzag pattern,

That's for the phony environmentalists who complain that it keeps desert animals from migrating.... which is exactly what it's supposed to do. ;)

[Travis Bickel/Marine Inspector]

It's a start.

[Travis Bickel/Marine Inspector]

LOL, very good.

[Bill Davis FR]

1/2 A MILE???GEE, ONE CAN WALK A MILE IN 15 MINUTES...

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Marines upgrading road, fence near Naco

Ignacio Ibarra/ Staff
The 347th Marine Wing Support Squadron works on a fence along the border where a section of road will be paved in concrete.


By Ignacio Ibarra
ARIZONA DAILY STAR

NACO - A Marine engineering company is on a month-long mission to improve the road and expand fencing along the border near Naco.

The military unit, the 374th Marine Wing Support Squad-ron based in Twentynine Palms, Calif., started this week to upgrade a little more than one mile of dirt road that runs adjacent and parallel to the border fence east of the port of entry.

Construction will focus on several low-water crossings that turn to slippery muck in the rainy season, making it difficult for Border Patrol vehicles to get to and through the area, said Armando Carrasco, a spokesman for the Defense Department's Joint Task Force Six headquartered at Fort Bliss, near El Paso.

The Marines also will build a bollard-style fence that will be 12 feet tall and stretch for nearly half a mile. It will be made of steel posts placed about 8 inches apart in a zig-zag pattern that allows water to pass while stopping people and vehicles, he said.

Several sections of the existing dirt road will be paved in concrete, including one stretch that is more than 800 yards long.

The Marines have set up a camp at Bisbee Municipal Airport on Bisbee Junction Road, and are expected to remain in the area for up to a month working under the auspices of the task force, which since 1989 has coordinated military training missions to support state, local and federal law enforcement agencies involved in drug enforcement.

The cost of the project is difficult to determine because the cost of labor and equipment is absorbed by the training mission. The cost of materials is covered by the requesting agency, he said.

* Contact reporter Ignacio Ibarra at 806-7746 or at ignacioi@prodigy.net.mx.

[Abogado]

Didn't the French try something like this once? The marinoite (sp?) line or something?

[csvset]

Same story, with a pic.

[Travis Bickel/Marine Inspector]

Maybe this will catch on and they'll build more.

[Travis Bickel/Marine Inspector]

Thanks

[Wonder Warthog]

"That's for the phony environmentalists who complain that it keeps desert animals from migrating.... which is exactly what it's supposed to do. ;)"

I think they want the coyotes to pass and keep the "Coyotes" out.

[glock rocks]

yes... the maginot line

I believe the chinese tried something similar once, too :o)

[risk]

Welcome to FR. Great post, or a half mile of them. Maybe it's a pilot project, and the results will be studied. Oh, and vote for Palantine!

[steveegg]

The Great Wall of China did work for quite a while, at least until the Mongols/et al figured out where to get around it. The Maginot Line didn't work because the French thought that the Belgians would do more than offer waffles to the passing Germans and left that wide open.

[sam_paine]

The marinoite (sp?) line...

LOL. "Maginot line" perhaps? And no, that was for a little different purpose!

[Libertarianize the GOP]

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