It's Gone.

[SHANEA]

It's gone.  All gone.

Environmental Update: The Candelaria bridge no longer exists on the Rio Grande

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HISTORY REPEATS AGAIN AT CANDELARIA

I'm afraid the very same thing will happen very soon @ La Linda.  One day they will sweep in and blow it to smithereens. 

[Red Hawk]

 THIS IS A CRYING SHAME.

BP knows full well who or what is crossing at Candellaria and the other villages in the BB. They have miles and hours to checkd any(?) suspicious activity. Why pick on innocents? Because it's easy and looks like 'progress' to people who live away from the border.

I live in Maine where there are miles of 'open border' in the forest and on the St. John River. Many folks come from Quebec and New Brunswick to work in the woods and farms each day and go home at night. It works, it's part of the economy and just like there, they are from families from BOTH sides of the 'border' The only difference is that they speak French not Spanish.

It's pure Mexaphobia.

[Roy]

Just plain silly.  It's not like removing the bridge is going to stop anyone that wants to cross that little bit of water; well, maybe the Wicked Witch of the West.  I guess that's who they're after, since it seems the Powers That Be seem to be living in a fairy tale....
Actually, I suspect this is an example of election year politics.  Let's see which candidates  take credit for this as a vital step in preventing another 9/11.

[RichardM]

Well, it just makes the Border Patrol and DHS look silly to have an open footbridge when they're charged with "securing the border". Had the media not publicized it, they might have left it alone. Then again, it was probably only a matter of time before they got around to removing it.

[SHANEA]

Be sure to read this letter to the editor...

Big Bend Gazette

Hey!  Maybe the folks in Candelaria can just make a deal with Customs to come over and clear people using the bridge!  With a 24-hour notice, of course.

[presidio]

Because it's easy and looks like 'progress' to people who live away from the border.

Yep. Interesting that being so far from the Mexican border you see it for what it is. More commonly, it seems, the farther folks are from the SW border the more rabid their position about a region most have never (perhaps will never) visit.

I live in Maine where there are miles of 'open border' in the forest and on the St. John River. Many folks come from Quebec and New Brunswick to work in the woods and farms each day and go home at night. It works, it's part of the economy and just like there, they are from families from BOTH sides of the 'border' The only difference is that they speak French not Spanish.

It's pure Mexaphobia.

Facts not lost on SW residents.

[Ay Chihuahua!]

From the Texas Observer Blog

“It’s devastating for the locals and I am afraid these communities will dry up,” he says. “And guess who will take over the homes and ranches? The drug dealers, because there won’t be anyone around anymore to keep them out or inform on them.”

[Roy]

From the Texas Observer Blog

“It’s devastating for the locals and I am afraid these communities will dry up,” he says. “And guess who will take over the homes and ranches? The drug dealers, because there won’t be anyone around anymore to keep them out or inform on them.”

From what I've been told by some of the locals, that's exactly what's been happening in since they "closed" the border.

[presidio]

From the Texas Observer Blog

“It’s devastating for the locals and I am afraid these communities will dry up,” he says. “And guess who will take over the homes and ranches? The drug dealers, because there won’t be anyone around anymore to keep them out or inform on them.”

From what I've been told by some of the locals, that's exactly what's been happening in since they "closed" the border.

Once again, the 'Law of Unintended Consequences' rears up; something that always seems to happen when political expediency and poorly-thought out action supersede common sense.