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Title: Mexican bologna smugglers try sneaking meat into US
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WFAA.com
URL Source: http://www.wfaa.com/news/texas-news ... ogna-smugglers--122043064.html
Published: May 17, 2011
Author: ANGELA KOCHERGA
Post Date: 2011-05-17 19:09:14 by Abcdefg
Keywords: None
Views: 20147
Comments: 10
SANTA TERESA, New Mexico – Drugs are not the only contraband smugglers try to sneak across the border. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered nearly 400 pounds of bologna hidden in a pickup truck.
People regularly try to smuggle the Mexican lunch meat into the U.S. for relatives to resell to customers who have a craving for baloney from south of the border.
The driver stashed the 35 rolls of the popular “Chimex” brand boloney behind the seat of his 2003 Dodge Ram pickup truck.
“This seizure really stands out because when we seize bologna it is usually a small quantity, or at most a roll or two,” said Grace Gomez, Santa Teresa Port Director for U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The Santa Teresa border crossing is about 13 miles west of El Paso.
According to CBP officials, Friday's bologna bust is the largest in the El Paso area since officers seized 81 rolls weighing 756 pounds at an international bridge in 2003.
“This is a prohibited product because it is made from pork and has the potential for introducing foreign animal diseases to the U.S. pork industry, “said Gomez.
Authorities say Mexican bologna is sometimes resold in other parts of the country at deli counters in small grocery stores that cater to immigrants or on the black market. This batch of baloney was not refrigerated and also could have posed a health risk for consumers.
The man who tried to sneak the baloney across the border in his truck is a 33-year-old resident of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. He was fined $1,000 and released. The contraband bologna was seized by CBP and destroyed.
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#1. To: All (#0)
Made me think of a poster here that I won't name . . .
Yukko would be proud: a new version of "Hide the Salami."
List of those unable to think: Bumper sticker on DwarF's car: I like Kahns or German Bologna. But Mexican Bologan. I think I would pass on that.
I think abcdefg meant Alaskan salami. Anyway, all that stuff is probably dog meat.
------------------------------------- Mexicans learned how to make bologna from the same fairly dominant ethnic group that taught them how to make beer and play much of their music in three quarter time.
I don't trust their sanitation procedures.
So is that how they get it across the border????? Tucked up some fat guys ass???
"I love the 45 caliber M1911, I respect the 9MM M9 Beretta but I only carry a CZ for my own personal protection". Quote courtesy of Lt Col John Dean Cooper, recognized as the Father of Modern Handgunning
So is that how they get it across the border????? Tucked up some fat guys ass??? never heard of bologna shortage in alaska, have you?
So is that how they get it across the border????? Tucked up some fat guys ass??? never heard of bologna shortage in alaska, have you? LMAO!!!
Tag lines are gay.
What!!!! You don't like roadkill????? LOL..... Have you ever tried Mortadella???? It's very good in a Muffuletta or a Stromboli..
"I love the 45 caliber M1911, I respect the 9MM M9 Beretta but I only carry a CZ for my own personal protection". Quote courtesy of Lt Col John Dean Cooper, recognized as the Father of Modern Handgunning
#2. To: Abcdefg (#0)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered nearly 400 pounds of bologna hidden in a pickup truck.
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#3. To: Abcdefg (#0)
#4. To: A K A Stone (#3)
Why don't you make like a tree and get out of here?
#5. To: A K A Stone (#3)
I like Kahns or German Bologna. But Mexican Bologan. I think I would pass on that.
#6. To: mininggold (#5)
#7. To: Capitalist Eric (#2)
Yukko would be proud: a new version of "Hide the Salami."
#8. To: CZ82 (#7)
ukko would be proud: a new version of "Hide the Salami."
#9. To: CZ82, Capitalist Eric, calcon (#7)
Yukko would be proud: a new version of "Hide the Salami."
#10. To: A K A Stone (#3)
I like Kahns or German Bologna. But Mexican Bologan. I think I would pass on that.
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