The "El Paso Times" newspaper yesterday reported that the following items were among things found this week at the international ports of entry -- also known as bridges -- around town:

2,219 pounds of marijuana in 15 separate seizures;
87 illegals (people);
3 live chickens;
1 handgun and 1 rifle.

Meanwhile, we had our first "secondary inspection" while crossing back into Mexico yesterday evening. At first I thought, "Oh, great! There goes the new Skype phone from Best Buy, Kent's new boots from Tony Lama, and all our groceries." But all the officer did was to look in the windows of our car a little bit. Most importantly, he didn't take our leftover ribs from the Rib Hut with the extra container of their oh-so-fabulous barbeque sauce.

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