Texas boats with machine guns deployed in the Rio Grande

July 05, 2012   Killer2   No comments
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Texas boats with machine guns deployed in the Rio Grande

Texas boats with machine guns deployed in the Rio Grande

The boats are equipped with night vision, ballistic protection and an arsenal capable of firing up to 900 rounds per minute

The Department of Public Safety (DPS) announced today that Texas has begun to patrol the waters of the Rio Grande on the border with Mexico, with four heavily armed modern speedboats, to discourage drug trafficking the area.

The vessels are 10 meters long, classified as “interceptor in shallow waters”, are equipped with night vision technology, ballistic protection and an arsenal of heavy machine guns capable of firing up to 900 rounds per minute.

“These patrol boats and the newly formed Tactical Marine, come to reinforce the ability of our department to combat illegal activities along the coast of Texas and the Rio Grande (Bravo),” he said in a statement the director of DPS Steven McCraw.

Two more patrol boats will join the surveillance in the coming weeks, for a total of six.

The boats, each christened with the name of a DPS officer killed in the course of their work, were purchased and equipped at a cost of $ 540,000 each, with resources provided by the state Legislature and funds from the Department of Homeland Security.

The speedboats are in addition to other more minor and equipment owned by the U.S. Border Patrol to prevent the crossing of illegal immigrants and drug trafficking along the Rio Grande.

All the Texas border with Mexico, which extends over two thousand 019 kilometers, is bounded by the Rio Grande.

However, the DPS patrol boats, only monitor certain areas of the border, especially in the area near the mouth of the Bravo and other large cities near the border.

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