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thedrifter
09-04-03, 05:55 AM
Marines building fence along border near Naco

Associated Press
Aug. 31, 2003 12:00 AM


TUCSON - A Marine unit is building a fence nearly a half-mile long to keep people from crossing an area of the U.S.-Mexico border near Naco.

The 12-foot-high fence will be made of steel posts placed about 8 inches apart in a zigzag pattern, said Armando Carrasco, a spokesman for the Defense Department's Joint Task Force 6, based at Fort Bliss, Texas.

The 374th Marine Wing Support Squadron, a Marine engineering company based in Twentynine Palms, Calif., is also upgrading more than a mile of dirt road east of the Naco port of entry.

Construction will focus on several low-lying crossings that turn to slippery muck in the rainy season, making it difficult for Border Patrol vehicles to reach and get through the area, Carrasco said. Several sections of the dirt road will be paved, including one stretch more than 800 yards long.

The Marines, who began their work last week, have set up a camp at Bisbee Municipal Airport and are expected to remain for up to a month, working under the auspices of the task force. The task force coordinates military training missions to support state, local and federal law enforcement agencies involved in drug enforcement.

The cost of the project is difficult to determine because the cost of labor and equipment is absorbed by the training mission. The cost of materials is covered by the requesting agency, Carrasco said.

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