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Published: Thu, 23 Apr 2009
Description: Armored vehicle deployed to Mexican border in light of rising violence
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" Southern border getting more and more dangerous every month we find out of the Department of Homeland Security. Is tapping cutting edge war zone technology. Trying to keep Americans safe from the southern border want to check it out now on the launch pad is the border patrols tactical armored vehicle. It's known as the basher. It's used by -- troops already in the Middle East designed by the Pentagon to protect soldiers and Marines from ambushes and I dvds it's a big deal will save lives. Well now it's being put to work along our southern border. We're Mexican drug cartels are fueling a huge spike in crimes like break ins kidnappings murder we've talked about the issues in Phoenix Arizona is not just in that city -- live in Arizona this morning out of houses on this."
" That doors are retailers only about 2530 miles or so north of the border north of no galaxy emits in the border Baxter. We've seen these -- very successfully by US troops in Kuwait in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now here just in the last few -- are starting to see them along the southern border we get a chance couldn't go inside because the want to keep some stuff secret will we get to ride next to what's being called the border bastard. Tons of steel and -- with armor. This tactical vehicles deployed by US Customs and Border Protection can now be found along America's southern border rather smoke -- we're gonna head collision. Part of a larger plan to react to any possible violence that spills over from Mexico the bastard as it's affectionately called. Can seat up to gate agents and faced almost any threat."
" Our biggest concern right now the blue mountains peace and win that comes. The assault rifles and grenades but."
" And armored vehicle like this is bill to stop those threats while saving innocent lives caught in the crossfire. Besides getting agents here to the border or threat and keeping them here. This armored vehicles also been shown and offered to local law enforcement agencies across southern Arizona. -- anytime and called crossing the border protection and ask for help."
" We don't have as a town our -- about 25000 people. Don't have the resources to buy equipment like that having bad equipment -- our our beckon call literally because of our relationship. With the US border patrol is just something you cannot put a value on."
" Build a border bastard doesn't have weapons attached to it but the course the gate agents and saddle people are just need beat the idea once again to get him to the border or -- the threat and keep them there until that threat is safely eliminated."
" Bill beef and up -- as the evidence shows that thank you Adam Adam Housley live in Arizona. Back across the room to make -- about us now in -- work an incident that --"
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