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Texas Rangers Dispatched Amid Stolen Mexican Nuke Threat

Traveler

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I remember being told before that it was just farm workers and domestic servants. :roll:

http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/texas-rangers-dispatched-to-secure-border-amid-stolen-mexican-nuke-threat_07042014?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
 

loomixguy

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The new hotbed of Al Queda (that little group that Dear Leader had on the ropes and all but extinct) ain't in the Middle East. Its in Mexico.

But OT feels secure.
 

Steve

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For the third time in less than a year Mexican officials report that security surrounding the storage and transportation of nuclear material in the troubled state has been compromised. According to civil defense officials a vehicle carrying a lethal dose of radioactive Iridium-192 was hijacked by unknown thieves.

The Mexican government warned Friday that a vehicle containing radioactive material has been stolen, and issued a dire warning to the thieves against taking the potentially deadly material from its protective container.

The substance “can be dangerous for human health if removed from its container,” the officials said in a statement, adding that the material can be lethal even if handled for only a brief time.

The theft in Mexico state prompted officials to issue an alert throughout the capital region and in neighboring states.

Last year a truck carrying deadly Cobalt-60 was stolen and in June armed gunmen raided a research facility near Mexico City making off with a device containing Cesium-137.

It will be to late before the dept of homeland security and the Obama administration "reads about it in the news papers"
 

Traveler

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Any bets that it wasn't Mexicans that took this, and that it's not still in Mexico? How much potential harm could it cause?
 
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Traveler said:
Any bets that it wasn't Mexicans that took this, and that it's not still in Mexico? How much potential harm could it cause?


How much you want to bet ? Not normally a betting man- but I'll take this one... :wink: :p :lol:





Radioactive material found after theft in Mexico

The Associated Press
Published Friday, July 4, 2014 2:56PM EDT
Last Updated Friday, July 4, 2014 5:06PM EDT


MEXICO CITY -- Mexican authorities said Friday they have found a tiny amount of radioactive material that had been stolen along with the pickup truck that was carrying it.

The head of the national civil defence office, Luis Felipe Puente, wrote in his Twitter account that the pen point-sized piece of iridium had been found just north of Mexico City. He said it was under guard and being taken to a safe location.

The iridium, used in an industrial inspection device, was enclosed in a casing about the size of a pen. Puente said it was still in the casing when found.

The pickup truck carrying the iridium was stolen earlier this week and was later found at a different site.

The operations chief for the National Nuclear Security Commission, Mardonio Jimenez, said earlier the device could cause harm if opened. Jimenez said the Iridium-192 has a relatively short half-life.

It is the third theft of radioactive material in Mexico since December. The December theft of cobalt-60 used in radiation therapy was considered more serious, but the material was later found.

Jimenez said there was no indication thieves in any of the cases had specifically targeted the radioactive substances. It appears thieves wanted the vehicles that were transporting them
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Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/radioactive-material-found-after-theft-in-mexico-1.1899381#ixzz36edMPb00
 

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