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Profile Gary Charpentier Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
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Message 1420275 - Posted: 25 Sep 2013, 22:13:56 UTC

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/9/25/living-under-thelawofbordersecurity.html wrote:
"It's got a tarp with what looks like [drug] bundles," a voice says over the two-way radio. More details are supplied: southbound at 80 mph. The truck makes several turns before heading east on an unpaved road, according to an audio recording of the pursuit obtained by KRGV-TV, a local station. The truck charges east on Mile Seven. "We have a clear spot." The radio goes silent for 14 seconds. Sharpshooter Miguel Avila takes aim at the pickup truck. "Shots fired! Shots fired!"

No "bundles" were found. The pickup truck was carrying a group of Guatemalan migrants who had slipped across the border in search of jobs further north. Two were killed. According to autopsy reports, Marcos Antonio Castro Estrada, 29, and Jose Leonardo Coj Cumar, 32, died from gunshot wounds. Both were husbands and fathers, said the Guatemalan consul. Cumar had set out for the U.S. to find work to pay for a surgery for his son.

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Message 1420344 - Posted: 26 Sep 2013, 1:11:47 UTC

Is this what some are hoping to see more of?
I do not fight fascists because I think I can win.
I fight them because they are fascists.
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A riot is the language of the unheard. -Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Message 1420346 - Posted: 26 Sep 2013, 1:26:01 UTC
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No Robert, I have never liked borders. I love driving in Europe, were all I see is a small sign letting me know I am in a different Country.
I read yesterday, that Lech Walesa called for the elimination of a border with Germany and to once again become one Nation.
Will it fly? Not sure, but he planted a seed.
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