The San Francisco Examiner is reporting Federal agents along the Texas border were warned by the Department of Homeland Security that Mexican drug cartels are using “cloned” Border Patrol vehicles to smuggle drugs into the United States, according to documents obtain by the Washington Examiner.
According to the Examiner article, the DHS report was sent to Border Patrol officials in Webb County, Texas, in March. It asked Border Patrol agents and local law enforcement officials to be on alert for “a suspected cloned marked Crown Victoria” the same vehicle type used by the agents.
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Sounds like the Border Patrol need to adopt the IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) systems the Military use… This should help identify the “Cloned” vehicles…
Texas auctions have these Crown Vics all the time, in great number, from law enforcement agencies. A lot of the law enforcement “add-ons” still remaining.
Most are hauled to Mexico.