Mexico Blocks Border Patrol's "Scorched Earth" Pesticide Plan for Rio Grande
"The U.S. Border Patrol has halted a controversial pilot project to poison and eliminate all plant life along a 1.1-mile stretch of the Rio Grande riverbank to make it easier to spot criminals.
The $2.1 million project, which was to begin today, was stopped indefinitely over concerns raised by Mexican government officials, said Roque Sarinana, a spokesman for the Border Patrol’s Laredo Sector."
Two stories by DANE SCHILLER in the Houston Chronicle, on 3-24-09 and 3-25-09.