June 30, 2007
- U.S. Border Fence Protrudes Into Mexico
Boundary disputes aren't limited to disagreements between neighbors living in residential subdivisions. Apparently, part of the border fence built by the United States in 2000 was built along an existing farm fence and was discovered to be over the border by 1 to 6 feet. The fence is in New Mexico and the problem is explained as follows:
James Johnson, whose onion farm is in the disputed area, said he thinks his forefathers may have started the confusion in the 19th century by placing a barbed-wire fence south of the border. (…)
