Trade barriers
27 August 2009
Sombrero tip to Burro Hall:
TIJUANA, Mexico — Police in the Mexican border city of Tijuana say they have arrested six men for stealing pieces of the U.S. border fence to sell as scrap metal.
Holes in the border fence once were more commonly made by migrant smugglers, but fewer people are trying to cross because of a weak U.S. economy and a crackdown on immigration.
The Tijuana police department says the suspects intended to sell the steel sheeting as scrap.
The good news is the Mexicans are finding some economic value in the great wall… the bad news is they’re still over dependent on U.S. trade, and have yet to explore the alterntive useless wall market. I suppose they could build a wall around the wall.
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mexfiles.net 
This is great news. I hope the Mexicans eventually get the whole shameful thing, and a good price for it, too.