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Smugglers' SUV gets stuck atop Calif. border fence
Belleville News Democrat ^ | 11/01/2012 | AP

Posted on 11/01/2012 9:10:39 AM PDT by iowamark

YUMA, Ariz. — Suspected smugglers who tried to use ramps to drive an SUV over a 14-foot-tall border fence had to abandon their plan when the Jeep became stuck on top of the barrier, authorities said Wednesday.

Agents patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border near the Imperial Sand Dunes in California's southeast corner spotted the Jeep Cherokee teetering atop the fence early Tuesday, Border Patrol spokesman Spencer Tippets said. The vehicle was perched about five miles west of the Colorado River and the Arizona state line.

Two smugglers on the Mexican side of the border were trying to free the Jeep when the agents approached, Tippets said. They ran further into Mexico and escaped.

The Jeep was empty...

(Excerpt) Read more at bnd.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: aliens
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To: iowamark

Target Practise


2 posted on 11/01/2012 9:12:28 AM PDT by bmwcyle (45% to 47% of American voters are stupid)
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To: iowamark
Insert conditioned response here: “That's racist.”
3 posted on 11/01/2012 9:14:41 AM PDT by areukiddingme1 (areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
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4 posted on 11/01/2012 9:15:17 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: iowamark

More than likely a stolen Jeep.

Probably one of those Chinese built ones being snuck in without paying the duty LMAO.


5 posted on 11/01/2012 9:16:32 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: iowamark

Did the thought never enter their mind that the Jeep could get “high-centered” or did they try to “jump it” and failed?


6 posted on 11/01/2012 9:18:38 AM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by Nature, not Nurture tm)
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To: iowamark

Hey! what’s wrong with these guys? They seized the jeep? I thought their job was to help illegals get over the fence to vote for Obama!


7 posted on 11/01/2012 9:19:33 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: iowamark

Don’t you just *hate* it when that happens?

You’d never see General Lee get stuck like that.


8 posted on 11/01/2012 9:19:32 AM PDT by No Truce With Kings (Ten years on FreeRepublic and counting.)
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To: iowamark
"What say we cross the border?"...
9 posted on 11/01/2012 9:20:25 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: steve86

Where’s the video of the crane lifting the Jeep off the fence?

Those ramps are impressive. I’d like tp have a set to ford streams.


10 posted on 11/01/2012 9:21:14 AM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by Nature, not Nurture tm)
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To: steve86

Of all the things I’ve lost, I miss my mind the most.

Maybe they were trying to be the Mexican version of Evel Knievel.


11 posted on 11/01/2012 9:29:05 AM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: iowamark

the smuggler blues


12 posted on 11/01/2012 9:30:05 AM PDT by InvisibleChurch (the mature Christian is almost impossible to offend)
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To: iowamark

People could be injured or killed doing this, just as they could by entering the US in dangerous desert areas. The US must position several emergency ramps so that innocent humans don’t end up dead or injured. After all, we position emergency water stations in desert areas for illegal aliens, don’t we?

Of course, the ramps are only - ONLY - to be used for emergencies. Any violation of this will be sternly viewed.


14 posted on 11/01/2012 9:49:53 AM PDT by DPMD
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To: bmwcyle

And they said a fence would not work.


15 posted on 11/01/2012 9:52:03 AM PDT by cableguymn (The founding fathers would be shooting by now..)
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To: DPMD
ROFL. We need a BILL.

I'm sure EPA,PETA or whatever idiot org., makes those stupid requirements will JUMP right onto your suggestions.

ROFL. (ewww, I just saw I made a pun up there)

16 posted on 11/01/2012 10:07:22 AM PDT by annieokie
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To: Joe 6-pack

Thank you. My thoughts exactly.


18 posted on 11/01/2012 10:51:15 AM PDT by jimfree (In Nov 2012 my 12 y/o granddaughter has more relevant&quality executive experience than Barack Obama)
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To: bmwcyle

Poetic Justice.


19 posted on 11/01/2012 12:22:28 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: bmwcyle
TTIWWP


20 posted on 11/01/2012 3:50:07 PM PDT by Mycroft Holmes (<= Mash name for HTML Xampp PHP C JavaScript primer. Programming for everyone.)
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