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October 23rd,
2007,
At approximately 10pm, ABP staff was demonstrating the "Gully Watcher"
mobile camera vehicle for CNN reporters when we discovered something,
The border fence works! We noticed that the traffic on the north side
of the fence between Naco and the San Pedro River seemed to be
virtually non-existant, but at least 14 people were spotted by our
thermal camera walking east toward Naco on the South Side of the border.
We spoke briefly
with one of the groups who told us they dislike the fence because it
makes them have to work very hard to come across the border.
The video link
below actually shows two people walking up to the fence from the
Mexican side and then walking away after inspecting the new barrier.
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October 25th, 2007
As sophisticated as technology may get, illegal aliens are still very difficult to detect, intercept and apprehend. These two photos show a group of 2 suspected border intruders that were briefly detected by American Border Patrol staff crossing a road near the San Pedro River approximately 1 1/2 mile north of the border. It was later learned that these two individuals were most likely "coyotes" or guides for a larger group. ABP has received information that these two successfully made it to the river and most likely returned safely to Mexico after escorting their group into the US.
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