Subject: Re: guards on duty #2<br/>
Date: Apr 03, 2003 @ 03:22<br/>
Author: Karolis B. (&quot;Karolis B.&quot; &lt;kbajoraz@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-205218118"><blockquote><span title="ireply">&gt; I was at the US-MEX border a few weeks ago at Nogales. For a long <br/>
 </span></blockquote>time I&#39;ve<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; wanted to see a train cross over at this point, but haven&#39;t been <br/>
 </span></blockquote>there at<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; the right time. This time I was, however. It was quite interesting <br/>
 </span></blockquote>how they<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; opened the big metal gate, which is actually in the US by about two <br/>
 </span></blockquote>feet.<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; The borderline is marked on the rr tracks by a cement setting (6 <br/>
 </span></blockquote>inches<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; wide) in the ground up to the metal tracjs and between them. The US <br/>
 </span></blockquote>customs<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; officer inspecting the train as it went through stood up to the <br/>
 </span></blockquote>cement line<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; and even on it, but never stepped across it--I watched for 25 <br/>
 </span></blockquote>minutes (it<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; was a very long train full of American cars that were put together <br/>
 </span></blockquote>in a<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; Mexican maquiladora). Likewise the Mexican customs officer stood up <br/>
 </span></blockquote>next to<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; it on its south side, and they conversed a few inches apart, but <br/>
 </span></blockquote>never<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; stepped over.<br/>
&gt; Dallen<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>You bet! I watched the exact same thing from Nogales, Sonora!<br/>
I guess it wouldn&#39;t exactly be a crime against humanity if the guards <br/>
steped over, but they simply lose all their power by stepping out of <br/>
their jurisdiction, they could tell the Mexican to get out from <br/>
between the car-full train cars just as much as me.</div>