U.S., Mexico hold joint terrorism drill
Emergency Management Alert, November 20, 2003
The United States and Mexico on November 12 began a five-day drill to test emergency response to terrorism on their borders, Reuters reports.
The drill involved more than 1,000 firefighters, emergency medical personnel, and law enforcement officers. Officials from the two countries planned the drill to address concerns that their communications are inadequate to deal with terrorist attacks. Since the September 11, 2001, attacks, U.S. and Mexican border officials have been concerned that the lack of a communication plan could delay response to a disaster.
Tens of thousands of illegal immigrants cross the 2,000-mile-long border into the U.S. each week.
The drill began with the simulated hijacking of a truck, and will end November 16 with the detonation of an improvised bomb at the border town of Nogales, setting off a chain reaction of explosions. The drill takes place between Arizona and Sonora.
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