Unusual: a thread that put the Trump government in the wall with Mexico was stolen and appeared in the homes of Tijuana

The government of United States always engaged in curb undocumented immigration through the expansion of the border wall with Mexico, although the president Donald Trump he has not been able to obtain the funds he needs for this purpose.

In November from the previous year, the President He ordered to place barbed wire fences within the boundaries between San Diego and Tijuana, in order to prevent more than 6,000 members of migrant caravans from entering the country.

They pbaded near 4 months since the imposition of this measure security, and in this period of time, the fence has disappeared gradually. The reason? This is to be stolen and sold on the black market to residents of Tijuana to place it then in their private houses.

US Customs and Border Protection Authorities (CBP) reported that since his placement, the barbed wire has been stolen. For its part, the Tijuana police announced they had stopped at least four weeks 15 people who were caught stealing said material.

The more you reduce the number of border wires, the higher the number of houses with materials in the city. In a month and a half he has increased particular in the number of households near the border that are kept by this thread metallic

"Unfortunately, when these incidents occur, they are very fast, in terms of information, in many cases or in most cases, we can not find anyone"he said Marco Antonio Sotomayor, Secretary of Public Safety to local media.

For his part, Tijuana Police Director Mario Martinez said Univision News who were received around 200 flight reports by US authorities the last days.

Closing is in progress mbadively bought by residents of the border state as security measure before the high levels of insecurity that are recorded in the place.

In this respect, it is recalled that Tijuana was the most violent city in the world in 2018according to a report by the Citizens Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice of Mexico. The NGO reported that the city had a homicide rate of 138.26 per 100,000 population, which 7 daily murders.

The high demand for the material is also due to the low cost of sales. The Tijuana soil He pointed out that the accordion wire can be bought on the market for 40 pesos. He added that with everything and the facility the cost does not exceed 300 pesos.