mexico
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RFID Implants Won’t Work If You’ve Been Kidnapped In Mexico
Kidnappings in Mexico have worsened in the last five years, sky-rocketing by 371 per cent. So too have the demand for those RFID implants that were said to allow authorities find the victims. Except for one thing: they don’t work.
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Discarded Storage Containers Make A Delightful House
Gabriela Calvo and Marco Peralta wanted to build their dream house in San Jose, Costa Rica, debt-free. Rather than buy into cheap public housing, they snagged two discarded storage containers and let architect Benjamin Garcia work his magic.
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Mexican Drug Cartel Builds Its Own Tank
The war in northern Mexico between drug cartels and the Mexican government has raged for 4.5 years, with little end in sight – especially with the cartels starting to build tanks like this one, nicknamed “El Monstruo 2011“.
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Immigrants Caught Using Dive Scooters To Cross US Border
According to Reuters, US border patrol recently picked up two illegal immigrants who used dive scooters to cross from Mexico to California. This has to be the most thrilling personal sea scooter episode since that fight in Thunderball.