Crime

About 140 Inmates Escape Mexican Border Prison

MEXICO CITY (AP) — About 140 inmates escaped Friday from a state prison in the northern Mexico border city of Nuevo Laredo, across the border from Laredo, Texas.

The federal Interior Department blamed the breakout on local authorities, saying they did not properly guard the facility.

“The absence of effective methods of guarding and control by local authorities is deplorable, and it has caused frequent escapes from prisons that put the public at risk,” the department said in a statement.

It called on state authorities to clean up their prison and judicial systems by increased screening and vetting of corrections officers. In past cases, prison guards — often underpaid or under threat from gangs — have been implicated in prison escapes.

Federal police were dispatched to patrol the area, and roadblocks were set up to search for escaped prisoners.

The department did not mention the number of inmates involved, saying only that it was “a significant number.” The federal Attorney General’s Office said initial reports indicated 148 escaped, but local media quoted the Tamaulipas state public safety department as putting the number at 141, equivalent to about 10 percent of the prison’s population.

The jail break apparently occurred in the pre-dawn hours Friday.

Some of the inmates were being held on drug and weapons charges. Tamaulipas has been plagued by a steady wave of violence tied to turf battles between the Gulf and Zetas drug gangs, but it was unclear whether members of those groups were among the escaped inmates.

The jail break came on the same day that federal Public Safety Secretary Genaro Garcia Luna addressed a graduating class of new prison guards, underlining the urgent need to professionalize correctional forces.

“We are making a historic effort to build a new prisons model, that will treat prison staff as efficient public servants,” Garcia Luna said.

The new guard recruitment programs, supported in part by the U.S. government, include increased training, screening and vetting of guards.

Comments (103)

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  • mike_trivisonno
    Posted on December 18, 2010 at 8:40am

    A fence?

    Are you people insane. We don’t need a fence.

    Congress needs to declare war on Mexico, and the US Military needs to invade and annex the rest of the damn country.

    Declare war on Mexico. Invade. Take their territory. Declare victory. That would be in America’s best interest. Land not fences.

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    • Texas Sheepdog
      Posted on December 18, 2010 at 10:38am

      Why would we want to take over Mexico? We’ve already saddled ourselves with the dregs of their population, so why take on the repair/replacement of their infrastructure, too?
      Nope. I don’t think America needs “absorb” Mexico. Mexico needs to grow up, and take care of it’s own people and internal problems. And the only thing our troops need to be doing is keeping Mexico‘s problems on Mexico’s side of the line!
      But, not to worry, Mike – your idea is already in the works – we just sent the funding first, and will send the troops later. NORTHCOM, the Canadians and Mexico have it all worked out – and they’ve even settled on a name: North American Union ((NAU).

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    • Willie Wonka
      Posted on December 19, 2010 at 11:02am

      mike_trivisonno are you crazy? What would happen? We’d have to house them, pay for their food and medical care, pay for their schooling and everything else that illegals are getting. No, your idea would never work.

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  • jjmnky
    Posted on December 18, 2010 at 7:33am

    And you can bet your boots that most of them ran straigt north.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on December 18, 2010 at 7:08am

    What a pathetic failure the Mexican government AND people are.

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  • beebacksoon
    Posted on December 18, 2010 at 6:50am

    Uh, doesn’t this sound familiar? Afghanistan and Pakistan armies and police.
    Our troops are getting killed and mamed over what? When they clear out one area, the militants just move to another (they’re back in Iraq with bombs, death and destruction.)
    The militants know many of the army and police officers are either not paid, or paid such low wages, they pay them to look the other way, or worse, kill the very troops trying to help them.
    Israel is in the process of building a huge fence to keep illegal immigrants and the undesirable OUT! They have the best airport security. Our govt is, intentionally, lagging behind. BUILD OUR BORDER FENCES AND SECURE IT WITH HOWEVER MANY IT TAKES TO GET THE JOB DONE AND THE MESSAGE SENT!

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  • Speak without Fear
    Posted on December 18, 2010 at 6:30am

    So the Obama gang is rolling out the red carpet at the border for these guys. Just a few more to help NUDGE us.

    What a nightmare………

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  • neverending
    Posted on December 18, 2010 at 6:20am

    The one and only illustrious, worthless jannie napo was in Tucson and so while she was here she probably let them go – they were probably tortured!!! She needs to go away – far away. Any and all lawlessness is taking place under the moron admin in the whitehouse.

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  • NickDeringer
    Posted on December 18, 2010 at 6:16am

    The Perfect Storm is here. Mexico is on the verge of collapse and soon you will have “escaped prisoners” in a neighbor hood near you.

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  • Watertown Yankee
    Posted on December 18, 2010 at 6:12am

    Glad I live way up north in all of this snow and cold. Mother nature can’t be paid off like these Mexican guards can. Money talks. Just a matter of time until they pay off a shift of border guards and hundreds of them come over here in one night. Or maybe they have already.

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  • EP46
    Posted on December 18, 2010 at 5:10am

    Hummmmmm….napolitano goes to Arizona Thursday ….Mexican jail break Friday ????
    Also, why did the U.S. return the drone plane to Mexico ??? If any other country had a ‘military weapon’ land on U.S. soil it would be confiscated .
    I agree with others…these prisoners will probably be going to college with your kids or serving with the U.S. military….via Dream Act.

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  • KeithOlberdink
    Posted on December 18, 2010 at 4:02am

    Don’t worry Janet Napalitanoa

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    • Jsh1284
      Posted on December 18, 2010 at 4:29am

      I always thought it was Neapolitan … go figure!

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  • Karama
    Posted on December 18, 2010 at 4:02am

    More reasons to own a gun and keep it with you at all times with plenty of ammo.

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  • tbear44
    Posted on December 18, 2010 at 3:22am

    Hmmm, wonder which direction all them Mexicans will be heading? Look at the wall the Chinese built! And that was a long time ago. C’mon Janet Nappytano and Barry! Build a frikkin fence!

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  • GoingBeck
    Posted on December 18, 2010 at 2:31am

    George Washington is to blame.
    Obamadamalingdong had nothing to do with it.

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  • New-American-Saviors
    Posted on December 18, 2010 at 2:27am

    What a Coincidence….At a time when the Dream Act is being pushed. Along with benefits for those who don’t even qualify. I‘d LOVE to have a Rent free decent house to stay in for about 3 Month’s after January…Near either the Phoenix Arizona or Texas Border.

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  • BibleBrain
    Posted on December 18, 2010 at 2:23am

    this evil has two fronts: the “only good Indian is a dead Indian” one (and everybody knows how well we cheated the Indians fair and square), the other front is the Biblical teaching starting with the Proverbs from converted parents (who survive the combat front) so that you have a society that is based in ethics. then you’ll have “righteousness (even) in the wilderness”

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  • TEXAG87
    Posted on December 18, 2010 at 2:08am

    Holder,Obama, and Incompitano will have a banner put up to welcome them at the border

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  • DMD
    Posted on December 18, 2010 at 2:01am

    The will have an EBT card in no time.

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    • Mike777
      Posted on December 18, 2010 at 2:12am

      ya thats scary i bet bid SIS will hand them out. and eric holder will sue someone for being racist.

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    • untameable-kate
      Posted on December 18, 2010 at 11:43am

      One of the most embarassing moments in my life happened when I accidently hit the EBT button instead of the debit button to pay for my groceries and my bank card wouldn’t work . The clerk said I had to use my food stamps for that button. My food stamps! I was so embarassed I almost ran away. I don’t know how people can take gov hand outs and not be ashamed of themselves. I always have my glasses with me now.

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  • Jsh1284
    Posted on December 18, 2010 at 1:40am

    I’m honestly thinking about going down to AZ and applying for a Border Patrol job .. give me a chance to defend out borders. Then again if I shoot an armed cartel member with kilos of cocaine in his backpack they’ll probably put me in prison .. lol

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  • RealityCheck
    Posted on December 18, 2010 at 1:38am

    “The absence of effective methods of guarding and control by local authorities is deplorable, and it has caused frequent escapes from prisons that put the public at risk,” the department said in a statement.

    You know whats even more deplorable is the fact we have MILLIONS in our country against the law and STILL don’t want to close the border with force!!!! Ya, lets blame the prison guards in Mexico for putting us at risk, what a joke.

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  • home_of_the_brave
    Posted on December 18, 2010 at 1:35am

    Wow how is this not a threat to the National Security. I live in the south west and wish I did not. Anyone tell you that a war is not being fought on our southern border hasn’t been there lately.

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on December 18, 2010 at 9:05am

      Exactly ! Defend yourselves, and Never call the cops afterwards
      just put them back in the rio grand river.

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  • UMMAH GUMMAH
    Posted on December 18, 2010 at 1:34am

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    They’re headed north, having been told of the Dream Act. If all else fails, there are plenty of “Sanctuary Cities” where they are free to roam and commit more crimes.

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    • starman70
      Posted on December 18, 2010 at 2:50pm

      Give them 24 hours and they’ll be in the USA brining robbery, rape and drugs with them.

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    • EP46
      Posted on December 19, 2010 at 8:00am

      They are to meet up with the thousands of prisoners that are to be released from California prisons due to crowding and no money. That way, we can pay for all them to go to school, have a house, get a free education…..but we can’t afford to keep them in jail.

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  • Jsh1284
    Posted on December 18, 2010 at 1:34am

    I just watched Greta Van Whatever on Fox News .. she did a story talking about how The Washington Post did an investigation on the firearms used by Mexican drug cartels. I heard the MOST RIDICULOUS thing on there! The lady from the WP said that the guns are coming from American dealers in TX, AZ and CA. Then she said that the Mexican Army is OUT GUNNED!? Well my journalist friend .. the Mexican Army has access to the world’s best firearms which are off-limits to anyone in the US except folks who hold highly restricted federal permits. How can you be out’-gunned by a semi-auto AK-47 when the MexCo Army has full-autos?

    She went on to takl about how they are using AK-47′s, AR-15′s and .50 cal sniper rifles against the Mexican Army. If I’m not mistaken .. the Mexican Army employs both Full Auto AK’s AND M-16′s. They beat anything you can get over the counter at a two-bit Texas gun store. Then again she called a semi-auto AK-47 an “assault rifle” so it’s not like I can take her for an EXPERT or anything ..

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    • Adam Coble
      Posted on December 18, 2010 at 1:37am

      That is the anti-gun nuts indoctrination for ya. The public really has no clue as to what weapon systems are really about.

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    • UMMAH GUMMAH
      Posted on December 18, 2010 at 1:39am

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      Libs are never expert on anything except how to open their big dat know-nothing yaps.

      .

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    • RealityCheck
      Posted on December 18, 2010 at 1:41am

      Do some real research, the guns THEY CAN TRACE are for the most part from America, however they can only trace a small number of em. They just want our guns, they can have them 1 bullet at a time !!!!!!

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    • Jsh1284
      Posted on December 18, 2010 at 1:45am

      I did agree with one thing she said though. Apparently, if you buy two pistols at the same time .. or two in five days .. you get reported to the ATF. However if you buy seven AR-15′s, you don’t get reported. Then again .. I would imagine any respectable gun store owner would do it him/herself however the system does need to start regulating mass sales. Anyone buying that much hardware needs to be looked at. Especially on a border state.

      Still .. this has an obvious anti-gun slant to it. I mean .. to say the Mexican Army does not have access to the kind of weapons that you can buy over the counter at Academy Sports is pretty effing ridiculous. I hope nobody actually buys into that bologna. Then again the Brady’s will eat it up.

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    • oldoldtimer
      Posted on December 18, 2010 at 2:41am

      They claim every single weapon found comes from the US. Actually less than 20% do. There is a bounty for every full auto AR that is turned over to the cartels. These are Us Gov’t provided weapons. Any full auto or burst fire weapon requires a special license and few have them so how are gun stores selling them to straw buyers? Many of the weapons are stolen by illegals in this country for sale in Mexico. Most of the AK’s come in from the South and are Chinese made. This is nothing more than the anti gun idiots trying to find an excuse to disarm us all so it is easier to take over the country. No armed resistance. Watch out for the Start Treaty to contain language to bring our gun ownership under control of the UN. Hillery wants this so they can confiscate and outlaw under UN auspices. If this happens the US soverignty is gone.

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    • occupants
      Posted on December 18, 2010 at 8:18am

      It really doesn’t matter what weapon is used when civilians and children at parties are the targets.

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    • APatriotFirst
      Posted on December 18, 2010 at 11:15am

      Would not be surprised if US govt. is the gun supplier. By the truck load. Is never said where guns are from, other than USA. Serious doubt it is gun shops. Maybe time to totally swamp congress with calls and E-mails to close the border. Tell them DHS and Napolitano can not be trusted to do their duty. Call every day, and then every day again. Continuously throughout the 24 hour period, then start again. If we don’t, then it will be our fault when USA becomes a part of Mexico.
      For those who are already doing this, thank you. Those who are not…get started.

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    • EP46
      Posted on December 19, 2010 at 8:06am

      Gun sales have always been a big business in the U.S. The military type weapons are being sold to the enemy so they have them and we do not. Then when people start complaining about the GUNS the government can step in and try to TAKE THEM ALL TO PROTECT YOU

      NO MATTER WHAT…DO NOT GIVE UP YOUR GUNS

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  • Adam Coble
    Posted on December 18, 2010 at 1:33am

    It’s just a matter of time before they come across the boarder and we have a real war on our own soil. We have been infiltrated for years and they are proud of it.

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  • IVillageIdiot
    Posted on December 18, 2010 at 1:28am

    THIS… reeks of a pay off by the cartels….

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    • IVillageIdiot
      Posted on December 18, 2010 at 1:59am

      I’m the Village Idiot, I didn’t even need to read the story, I KNEW what happened….

      I also have an idea: If you’re going to “Professionalize” the prison system, include a policy where the guards MUST use free housing at the prison for their families. The inner ring of the prison sequesters the filth. The middle ring holds the guards and families. The outer ring, more guards to keep the cartels and any break-out attempts at bay.

      If you want this job, you’d damn well better do it right cause… if the filth gets in or out, you’re all going to be screwed, and not just the guard who took a bribe…. but EVERYONE……

      Think one of the OTHER guards is corrupt, KNOW…. one of the other guards is corrupt…. maybe you’d better DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT instead of looking the other way, or trying to get your own portion of the cut….

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    • GeeWhiz
      Posted on December 18, 2010 at 8:47am

      If you want to have a professional prison the first thing that you need is a society with ethics…

      …and that starts with their mothers.

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    • IVillageIdiot
      Posted on December 18, 2010 at 8:56pm

      @GEEWHIZ, sure that will work too…. in about three generations, the fourth being suitable, but… not impervious to the bullets and blades of the cartels.

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  • IndyGuy
    Posted on December 18, 2010 at 1:28am

    It wasn’t a failure of security…It was a paid release…C’mon…Mexico is not our friend…

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    • UMMAH GUMMAH
      Posted on December 18, 2010 at 1:35am

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      THAT is certain!

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    • patriotgamer
      Posted on December 18, 2010 at 1:52am

      Oh, so that Mexican Army UAV was scouting for a safe crossing place for this group. I see.
      Don’t worry, Bog Sis will protect you. Just like Big Brother is protecting you from being offended by a Christmas greeting at your local bank.
      Welcome to the “Last Christmas in America.”

      patriotgamer  
    • spikebu
      Posted on December 18, 2010 at 2:22am

      Crap! Do you think these people are fleeing throughout Mexico? No. We get them. Yipee. Isn’t anybody else sick of this? Why are we expected to import Mexico’s criminals? Is this an aspect of NAFTA we never heard about? These people know how to work the govt welfare system. I don’t know how to work it. I wouldn’t accept govt assistance if I and my family were starving. We’d live off the land. It’s way more honest.

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    • RightWrite
      Posted on December 18, 2010 at 2:56am

      Why isn’t Fox reporting more of this? This war with Mexico is bigger than the two in the middle east. We need to invade to take matters into our own hands.

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    • free2bme1961
      Posted on December 18, 2010 at 4:15am

      Great! I knew I wouldn’t be able to leave the southwest, without something like this going down! :(
      The snow, ice, and sub-zero temperatures, are sounding great right about’ now.

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    • Dustyluv
      Posted on December 18, 2010 at 5:47am

      I fired the guy who owns a company that mows my lawn for having illegals on his crew. Now when I see someone getting their lawn done by a Mexican crew, I just put on my Border Patrol hat, get out of my car and write down the license plate of the Lawn service vehicle. Scares the crap out of the owner, and all I have is a hat, a clipboard with paper and a pen…

      I have also heard that the Border Patrol hat is also good when you go to the emergency room to clear the waiting time LOL

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    • guyperram
      Posted on December 18, 2010 at 7:34am

      maybe they can all flock to a sanctuary city, like San Francisco. There we can support them on welfare, free medical, and they can move into Pelosi’s house. After all, from each according to their abilities to each according to their need. Both Pelosi and Marx like that one.

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    • VanGrungy
      Posted on December 18, 2010 at 7:38am

      Shades of Castro and the Florida Dump

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    • GeeWhiz
      Posted on December 18, 2010 at 8:45am

      Of course it was.

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    • Shurmus
      Posted on December 18, 2010 at 8:53am

      I thought it was hard to get out of a Mexican prison? Bet it would be for me or you…

      http://www.slugbuddies.com

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on December 18, 2010 at 9:02am

      Mexico will be playing a major role in the
      take down of the American Citizens
      welcome to the NWO.

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    • TXPilot
      Posted on December 18, 2010 at 9:05am

      Wait about a week, then look on this side of the border at the nearest Home Depot, and you will probably find most of them standing in the parking lot. Round them up and deport them to Janet Napolitonos house.

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    • TexasCommonSense
      Posted on December 18, 2010 at 9:58am

      It won’t matter, TXPilot. She’ll still insist the border is secure. Her ideology clouds her vision of reality.

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    • jimmythebullet
      Posted on December 18, 2010 at 9:58am

      vangrungy-
      nail on the head,brother.i live in south fla. and remember the “mariel boatlift” very well.it “enriched” our state with a new and exciting culture-the cocaine cowboys of the ’80s.
      at least we got a decent tv show out of it (miami vice).it also helped restore our ‘gator population with nutrient rich cuban cuisine.:)

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    • Cobra Blue
      Posted on December 18, 2010 at 9:58am

      Let;s go hunting,,

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    • independentvoteril
      Posted on December 18, 2010 at 12:37pm

      Mexico isn’t even Mexican Citizens friends.. Guess they need the TEA party type action down there.. my guess there is still more citizens than corrupt government officials and drug cartel members.. Arm the citizens.. level the playing field.. bet they will be able to do what the corrupt officials can’t since they KNOW who the bad guys are..

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    • hud
      Posted on December 18, 2010 at 5:17pm

      140 more democrats

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    • EP46
      Posted on December 19, 2010 at 7:54am

      Big Sis dropped off the money on Thursday on her trip to Arizona. 140 more votes for obama.

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