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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 03:57 PM Nov 2012

Illegal border crossing EPIC FAIL.



http://news.yahoo.com/smugglers-suv-gets-stuck-atop-calif-border-fence-213646999.html

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....

The Jeep was empty, but agents said it was probably filled with contraband like bales of marijuana before it got high-centered atop the fence.

The smugglers had built ramps to drive up and over the fence, something that has been tried at least once before. In April 2011, agents found a truck that had ramps built onto it and had driven up to the border fence. A pickup had driven up and over the fence, but it was spotted and its occupants were captured, Tippets said.


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Illegal border crossing EPIC FAIL. (Original Post) KamaAina Nov 2012 OP
Minor failure to grasp simple geometry. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #1
One of those great ideas that just didn't pan out Major Nikon Nov 2012 #2
Yeah, what could possibly go wrong? Oh, right. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #3
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