Here's an interesting article:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1280567/posts
Nuclear Anti-Terror Fears over Mexican Border
Scotsman.com ^ | Monday, November 15, 2004 | Mark Sage
Posted on 11/15/2004 12:00:43 PM PST by Bald Eagle777
Nuclear Anti-Terror Fears over Mexican Border
By Mark Sage, PA, in New York
Security is being stepped up at the border between the US and Mexico amid new intelligence that al Qaida aims to smuggle nuclear material through a crossing point.
A senior US security official told Time Magazine that a recent captive in the war on terror admitted to “al Qaida’s interest in moving nuclear materials from Europe to either the US or Mexico”.
Sharif al-Masri, an Egyptian, was captured in late August near Pakistan’s border with Iran and Afghanistan.
According to the intelligence report Masri said al Qaida has considered plans to “smuggle nuclear materials to Mexico, then operatives would carry material into the US”.
Meanwhile, US and Mexican intelligence officials were alerted to reports that other al Qaida detainees had described Mexico as a staging area “to acquire end-stage chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear material”.
The Mexican border has long been a security concern for the US.
Thousands of illegal immigrants cross the border from Mexico every year in search of work.
But it is feared that terrorists could also use the mountain passes or other soft spots to get into the US.
Security Secretary Tom Ridge met publicly with top Mexican officials last week to discuss border security.
Surveillance of lorries and other heavy vehicles has been stepped up and the Mexicans authorities will also improve security at flight schools and aviation facilities.
Yep.