BROKEN WINDOWS

Monday, November 10, 2003

More news from our in-country parallel universe, the border, in today's NY Times: The drug traffickers have turned to trafficking human beings.

On the brighter side, the Southern Poverty Law Center has filed suit against Ranch Rescue, a border vigilante group, and two of their vigilante colleagues are going to jail. (Scroll down to story dated October 13.)

"Ranch Rescue" purports to protect ranches from "tresspassers" by abducting Mexican immigrants and holding them prisoner.

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