http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070629/ap_on_re_us/misplaced_barrier
June 29, 2007
It was built to keep Mexicans from crossing illegally into the U.S., but the 1.5 mile fence at the border was mistakenly built on Mexican soil. Border officials say the blunder could cost the taxpayers $3 million.
The fence is a section of a 15-mile barrier constructed in 2000 near the town of Columbus, New Mexico. An aerial survey conducted in March reveals that the fence is no more than six feet from the U.S., but still legally inside Mexico.
In a letter to Washington, D.C., the Mexican Foreign Relations Department said, "Our country will continue insisting for the removal to be done as quickly as possible."
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