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Newly installed panels from the US border wall fell over in high winds Wednesday, landing on trees on the Mexican side of the border.
The area is part of an ongoing construction project to improve existing sections of the wall.
Agent Carlos Pitones of the Customs and Border Patrol sector in El Centro, California, told CNN that the sections that gave way had recently been set in a new concrete foundation in Calexico, California.
The concrete had not yet cured, according to Pitones, and the wall panels were unable to withstand the windy conditions.
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42bambi
(1,753 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)If they werent there the fallen part would act like a reverse domino effect, pulling more wall down with it.
I wonder in what way its going to be the Democrats fault.
bluedigger
(17,077 posts)To begin with, why would you build a barrier wall so close to mature trees like that?
crickets
(25,896 posts)UTUSN
(70,497 posts)Mopar151
(9,965 posts)Cut it up with torches, load it on an old truck, and head for the scrapyard! Cut it to 4' lengths, and it becomes "prepared #1", for some mo' tequila!
I have several friends in the business. Shrewd and canny, clever, and keen observers. To quote Dad: A good junkman can tell how much money is in your pocket, how bad you want the part, and what you stuffed in your pockets while you were in the yard!!
trackfan
(3,650 posts)Mopar151
(9,965 posts)A modest chainlink fence is what belongs there.
Ask the Border Patrol....
MoonlitKnight
(1,584 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,576 posts)FBaggins
(26,697 posts)Looking at Google Maps, It looks like it's around 874 Christobal Colon in Mexicali... and is far from new.